Ice cream social Aug. 6 at BU student center, Titanic talk with Dr. Robert Ballard on Sept. 26 at RIverfront Museum two free ...

Community Word is published monthly by Community Word LLC. Independently owned by local investors. Brian Ludwig, Managing Editor, c/o 621 Commercial St. Suite 1A-B, Peoria, IL 61602, ...

Community Word is published monthly by Community Word LLC. Independently owned by local investors. Brian Ludwig, Managing Editor, c/o 621 Commercial St. Suite 1A-B, Peoria, IL 61602, ...

Professor Randall Carlson has been running the kilns with care for Bradley University. His salt firing demands constant monitoring, precise adjustments, and extensive preparation to deliver earthy ...

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 ...

The First Lady was a champion for public beautification efforts in the 1960s, and her remarks at the rainy Sept. 22, 1965 dedication of the new Peoria County Courthouse indicate she was pleased by ...

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 ...

BY CLARE HOWARD Warthog Wheat stretched to the horizon and chattered in a breeze as storm clouds banked in the distance. Harold Wilken and his son Ross were anxious to get out into the field to start ...

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 ...

If we’re to believe WCBU-FM, and there’s no reason not to, Methodist, Proctor, and Pekin hospitals have been transferred by Unity Point Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Carle Foundation of Urbana ...

Over the years, my interest in art history evolved into a passion for sharing it with my high school art students. Navigating the complexities of art etiquette, especially with the rise of ...