2023.04.12-19 Digest
WCIA
In the world we live in today, social media gives us instant access to anything. But is it really what we need? Sometimes that might just be as simple as a “hello” or even a smile. Leon Lomax might not be a doctor or a nurse but he …
WMBD
Distillery Labs redevelopment of the previous Illinois Central College building is a long time in the making. Interim executive director Chris Setti says it will be integral to Greater Peoria’s technology and innovation advancement. …
WMBD
A massive $725 million settlement involving Facebook’s parent company Meta was tentatively approved by a judge last month, paving the way for users of the social media platform to apply for a chunk of the payout.
WCIA
“I kind of grew up around the pharmacy, taking out the trash and things like that,” Andy Hudson said. Andy Hudson is a third generation pharmacist and the owner of Hudson Drug Shop in Paxton, a role his grandfather and dad held before …
SJ-R.com
I'm a retired Peoria native and remember the first concert I ever went to, at Exposition Gardens, featuring the Kinks. It was in the mid-'60s. How about a piece on that?
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS
The largest solar arrays operating in the United States are located in the kinds of sunny states you would expect—five in California, four in Texas and one in Arizona. But a project that began construction last month in Illinois is going to be about as …
WMBD
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced millions in grant funding coming to boost tourism in Illinois.
WCIA
WCIA published (see below) an article declaring Springfield the best city in Illinois for beer lovers based on national data collected by Move.org. That article sparked a passionate debate in the comments of its Facebook post …
WCIA
One city in central Illinois was crowned the best place for beer aficionados to live in the state.