2025.07.Digest
WEEK 25
A West Peoria grandfather in his 80s is going viral for his youthful sprint around the baseball field at a Peoria Chiefs game. During the home game at Dozer Park on July 3, 85-year-old military veteran Tom Persich ran the bases with...
Aledo Times Record
The Peoria Art Guild is asking for help locating a painting stolen from the organization. The group posted a call to action on its Facebook page, stating the artwork, a small painting of a cow with the word "Annie" behind it, was taken the …
COMMUNITY WORD
A sauropod like this model of a juvenile mamenchisaurus at Peoria Riverfront Museum could grow to 130 feet and more than 70 tons as the dinosaur roamed the Earth for 140 million years.
COMMUNITY WORD
‘Cows Guernica’ by Nancy Bass is part of the multi-media exhibit ‘Cows in the Gallery’ this month at Peoria Art Guild.
WEEK 25
Students in Peoria County had the chance to show how they are learning through doing, thanks to a national program. 4h is a nationwide program designed to teach students to learn by doing in several educational areas. On …
WEEK 25
It’s called Sunday Funday, a friendly game of volleyball at the Friendly Valley Tavern benefitting the Peoria Fire Department’s Fill the Fire Truck campaign. The fire department and the Peoria Afro American Firefighters Association …