If you happen to be taking your June stroll through a prairie with sandy soil, you might come across the Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa). We don’t think of cactus as being native to Illinois, ...

The machines resembled dinosaurs, an extinct species, devouring the extincting shelter for carnivorous, unleashed predatory dire wolves of Wall Street.Read more → ...

For shy people, (and aren’t we all?), smiling is the easiest and most effective first step to enjoying getting to know people. And, after all, isn’t that what it’s all about?Read more → ...

Although channelized, sadly polluted and depleted of much of its traditional wetlands, the Kickapoo Creek and watershed remains alive, home for hundreds of wildlife species.

Objects can’t talk, but they can still tell a lot of stories about why the people who used them to Peoria County chose to call this place home. “Why They Came: Celebrating Peoria County’s 200th ...

Statues of the native animal are scattered throughout Peoria County, and you, too, can help celebrate 200-year Bison-tennial Read more → ...

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At-large City Councilman Zach Oyler’s action at a recent council meeting raised eyebrows. Oyler made a motion to reconsider the council’s unanimous decision to impose a 1% grocery tax, effective Jan.

There are No Bad Parts, only pure, authentic expression. “After Before,” an upcoming exhibition by Kelly Scarfe (kellyscarfe.com) at MUSE Gallery (musemorton.com), is a richly layered exploration of ...

A grand parade like few Peorians have ever seen was the opening spectacle of a four-day Peoria County centennial extravaganza. An estimated 150,000 people lined the streets on Sept. 29, 1925, to watch ...

The working class has become the latest cash cow of the ultra rich. These people never stop putting their hands in our pockets one 12-month, no-interest deal, special offer or sports betting app at a ...

Beloved Braves superfan Gene Sidler kept fire alive; now BU basketball worth watching again; plus with Donald Trump elected, we're on to the next elections Read more → ...