Setting goals the SMART way Katie Faley October 27, 2023 I love setting goals. I always look forward to New Year’s Eve. As much as I enjoy counting down the...
The Symphony of Flight … Conducted from an Octave Below Gary Wright March 31, 2023 The letter, dated May 13, 1900, was astonishing in its directness and abruptness. It lacked even the customary salutation. “For...
Be like Lincoln Amy Edgar March 31, 2023 Each year, some of the top students from across Peoria County are recognized for exhibiting the traits of character, conduct...
A Date Night Cheat Sheet for Peoria Anita Sharkey March 31, 2023 So, you finally shot your shot and scored a date with the person you have been crushing on forever. Or...
‘Out with the old, in with the new’ Scott Fishel March 31, 2023 East Peoria Mayor John Kahl Standing at the roundabout in East Peoria’s Levee District, one would never imagine that the surrounding...
‘The Peoria Watch’ Steve Gossard March 31, 2023 It wasn’t just any company.Indeed, the Peoria Watch Company became “the story of success and failure followed by success and...
Out & About April 2023 Peoria Magazine March 31, 2023 Black and Blue Ball, Easterseals Central Illinois Friday, February 3, 2023 Peoria Civic CenterPhotos (Credit: Sara Gardner Photography)[caption id="attachment_38152" align="aligncenter"...
The Demetriou Plan Mike Bailey February 28, 2023 Of all the redevelopment blueprints commissioned by the City of Peoria over the last half century, one stands alone as...
Downtowns, like people, have their phases Katie Faley February 28, 2023 I’ve gone through my fair share of phases, some better than others. My Rat Pack phase in college was a...
The New Normal Scott Fishel February 28, 2023 At its simplest and most functional, Normal’s Uptown Circle resolves a troublesome intersection of streets in the town’s historic business...
Out & About March 2023 Peoria Magazine February 27, 2023 Peoria Public Schools 8th Annual 365 Breakfast January 12, 2023 The funds raised from the Breakfast go to Peoria Public Schools'...
Out & About February 2023 Peoria Magazine January 30, 2023 Click on photos to enlarge Grand Opening of the Bloomington/Normal Minority Business Development Center November 30, 2022 Over 60 organizations...
Peoria, ‘shiny’ enough for me Katie Faley January 30, 2023 I’m a 20-something now making a life in Peoria. A born-and-raised Peorian, I'm one of those prodigal children who returned...
What’s in a name? Scott Fishel January 30, 2023 Gregory Wilson, former Peoria Public Schools Board president, says the names of schools should reflect the values of the students...
New in campus fashion Nick Vlahos January 1, 2023 In a few months, Olivia Wright is to graduate from the University of Iowa. The senior from Metamora is to...
‘A Place for Special People’ Steve Tarter January 1, 2023 Most museums make it easy for visitors to drop by. But there aren’t any road signs directing you to the...
All Aboard for Galesburg Scott Fishel January 1, 2023 Galesburg is a railroad town. Evidence of the city’s proud railroading heritage is everywhere.School sports teams have names like the...
Out & About January 2023 Peoria Magazine January 1, 2023 Click on photos to enlarge East Peoria Festival of Lights paradeNovember 24, 2022East Peoria Children are “lit up” for The...
Opportunistic Ottawa Scott Fishel November 30, 2022 Ottawa has been called one of the “10 small towns in Illinois that offer nothing but peace and quiet.” ...
Carry it With You CeCe Hill November 29, 2022 I left central Illinois in a five-seat hatchback packed to the brim with everything I could carry, and a few...
Peoria’s most influential woman ever? Madeleine Trolinger November 29, 2022 Some 125 years since Lydia Moss Bradley established her Bradley University, the school continues to cultivate seeds of knowledge in...
On the Scene, Central Illinois Peoria Magazine October 28, 2022 Click on photos to enlarge Peoria Art Guild Fine Art FairSeptember 24-25, 2022 Riverfront Festival Park A crowd attends the...
Progress and Promise in Pekin Scott Fishel October 27, 2022 Legend has it that Pekin was named for Peking (now Beijing), the capital of China. It’s an appealing but apocryphal...
Role models of leadership Chris Kaergard October 27, 2022 Some of the most prominent public servants central Illinois has sent to the national stage have left footprints for future...
Peoria’s Architects and the Jewels They Left behind Linda Smith Brown October 1, 2022 We go by them every day, the treasures left to us by professionals of a bygone era. Peoria has been home...
Rickety, Risky Bridges Phil Luciano October 1, 2022 Click on photos to enlarge Peoria is known for its good fortune in having a multitude of sturdy bridges. But...