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Bill Dennis is a former pro newsie sho blogs about life, love politics, libertarianism and life in the original River City.
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Local: School is still out on charter schools
I see from tomorrow’s Word on the Street column that Peoria City Councilman Jim Montelongo is eager to get the city government involved in efforts to create charter schools in Peoria. Failing th...
Media: Apparently, that really was Sir Paul hangin’ out in Springfield
Anyone catch the report in the Springfield Journal-Register about how Paul McCartney was spotted in Springfield at a Circle K gas station, driving a 1989 Ford Bronco. Hell, he posed for photographs. B...
Local: Events benefit riding therapy program
(Press release) AUGUST 22, 2008 WRANGLER ROUND-UP WEAVER FARMS Enjoy dinner, live & silent auctions and dancing with the locally popular West MacQueen Street Band, under the tent and stars at ...
Media: Google Maps ’street view’ images to old, too innacurate
Count me among those who were a bit worried at news that the fine folks at Google have added Peoria to the the communities they have photographed for their “street view” results. But a qui...
Local: Peoria police chief denies claim that K9s are abused
I came across a Web site than was gathering “signatures” on a petition protesting what someone claimed was the abuse police dogs in Peoria. The petition writer claimed: The officer in char...
Local: ‘Movement’ to free Matt Hale?
Peoria Times Observer editor DeWayne Bartels mentions in his blog that there’s an effort by some admirers to free Hitler wannabe Matt Hale from prison, where he is being held after his convictio...
Local: Today’s news links
Unless noted, all links are via the Journal Star: The 18-year-old who was found murdered behind Sterling School apparently had an “unconventional relationship” with the man prosecutors sa...
Local: So, why IS there crap in the river today?
This notice appeared in my inbox moments ago: Rainfall in the City of Peoria has caused a sewer overflow into the Illinois River recently from one or more locations shown on the map located here. When...
Site News: Blogger Bash is Tuesday (UPDATED to move up)
July 29 is the fifth Tuesday of the month, so that means it’s time for Blogger Bash. It will start roughly at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Recovery Room, 802 W. Pioneer Parkway in Peoria. It’s th...
Local: City wants voter input on budget
(press release) As the City Council begins another year of budget planning, we want to start the process by reaching out to the citizens of Peoria for input on where they would like to see their tax d...
Local: ‘Breakfast’ at the Apollo
(Press release) Edwards, Capote, Mancini and Hepburn team in comedy at Apollo A film comedy based on a bestseller by celebrated novelist and journalist Truman Capote ushers in August this weekend at t...
Local: North University traffic still reduced to one lane each way
From Peoria City Hall: The current utility work on University will likely continue late in to next week. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction from Northmoor to Austin until Thursday,...
Local: City taking proposals for block grants
From Peoria City Hall: The City of Peoria is requesting public service proposals for the investment of 2009 Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entit...
Local: Peoria city manager honored
Kudos to interim Peoria City Manager Henry Holling, who received the Robert Michel Lifetime Achievement Award from the Creve Coeur Club for his long record of good works....
Local: Police in my neighborhood
I got home from work and discovered there were so many police cars on Columbia Terrace between Randolph and Roanoke, that I had to take a detour to get to my apartment. I counted at least three cars a...
Local: New hotel for Sears Block? End of the riverfront museum? (UPDATED 3X)
A reliable source who himself heard from a reliable source tells me that Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis has been talking to millionaire developer John Hammons about building a new hotel on the site of the for...
Local: Buy-outs and buy-ins
Here are two pieces of news that I heard from people who heard from someone else. The buyout that GateHouse is offering its employees to take a hike? It consists of one week’s pay for every yea...
Local: Liveblogging tonight
I seriously flirted with not going to the Peoria City Council tonight and taking the evening off to relax and recuperate from the trauma of the last week. But I can’t seriously lecture people ab...
Local: A warning about warning sirens: Don’t rely on them inside your home
The following was posted on Peoria.com, and I thought I would share: OK, I’m a little concerned. This is a copy-paste from an email I sent to the city this morning: JeepPilot writes: I have a qu...
Local: D-150 trying to outsource ‘Wacky Wednesday’ duties to churches?
I was just forwarded the following from a reader, who asked: “Not sure if you’d see this yet…apparently Mr. Hinton would like to work with local churches to educate our children?R...
Local: A ‘war zone’ in the Heights?
DeWayne Bartels has two “breaking news” stories on the Peoria Times Observer Web site. The first is how asbestos inspections on Paris Avenue in Peoria Heights has nine houses looking like ...
Local: Cleaning up after the storm
From Peoria City Hall: City and Park District crews are currently removing down trees and branches from the roadway. Many times power lines will be taken down with tree branches. Please use caution...
Local: ‘Holy job openings, Batman!’
If you can draw superheroes, this Peoria-based outfit just might have use for your skills: Pilot Comics intends to launch with a single title sometime near the end of the year, 2008. The first title w...
Local: Neighborhood Alliance meeting on Monday
From a press release: The Neighborhood Alliance will be hosting two items of interest during Monday’s meeting. 1. Jon Kunski of the City of Peoria will be presenting changes to the rental regist...
Local: Spectacular? It depends on your point of view
Look at the photos that accompany this article on some of the great views of Peoria available at some locations. Yes, I am sure Gary Matthews has a great view of Peoria’s skyline from the Gem Te...
Local: Rainfall sends sewage into Illinois River
From Peoria City Hall: Rainfall in the City of Peoria has caused a sewer overflow into the Illinois River recently from one or more locations shown on the map located here. When this warning is posted...
Local: Dunnigan returned to police force, public’s trust flees in terror
From the Journal Star: Marshall Dunnigan will be back to work at the Peoria Police Department today, after an arbitrator’s decision to reinstate the former police lieutenant with nearly full bac...
Local: Riverfront museum backers put polish on fundraising
Decades ago, the Tonight Show had a guest who’s hobby was to take petrified bird droppings, polish them up and use ‘em to make jewelry. Johnny Carson was fascinated. Admittedly, the polish...
Local: The glass is all-the-way full as far as crime is concerned
One year and one month ago, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis penned a column for a business magazine saying that the Journal Star was playing up crime stories and that it ought to stop, lest people stop buying ...
Local: Illinois River is, once again, full of human feces
From a news alert: Rainfall in the City of Peoria has caused a sewer overflow into the Illinois River recently from one or more locations shown on the map located here. When this warning is posted, pl...