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09/05/2024

CASE CLOSED: Probe into WTVP sees proof of embezzlement. Peoria Police investigation into WTVP-TV Channel 47 found probable cause to charge late CEO

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/09/05/case-closed-probe-into-wtvp-sees-proof-of-embezzlement/

09/05/2024

THE WATCH: Landfill, Salvation Army on docket; plus does Dunlap High School need a new pool? Sanitary District sees increase in past due bills

League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings

Does new Dunlap High School facility need a pool? Sanitary District sees increase in past due bills; League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetingsRead more →

09/05/2024

WEST PEORIA NEWS: Play golf, east a sandwich for WPFD; plus Trillium Place presentation set for Residents Association; Bank of Farmington live ATM up and running

Trillium Place presentation set for West Peoria Residents Association on Sept. 19; Bank of Farmington live ATM up and running; West Peoria Golf Classic scheduled for Oct. 12 Read more →

09/04/2024

BILL KNIGHT: A YouGov poll in July showed 39% of U.S. adult citizens oppose Project 2025, but 42% have heard nothing about it

A YouGov poll in July showed 39% of U.S. adult citizens oppose Project 2025, but 42% have heard nothing about it. However, “Americans are starting to learn about this extreme takeover plan for Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans to quickly dismantle checks and balances, amass unprecedented president...

09/03/2024

XAVIER JACKSON: Our entire life is a quest for love. At least it should be. But many in the “Love Thy Neighbor” crowd seem to have lost sight of that message. These religious zealots have forgotten this essential ingredient; so they even know their God?

Expressing empathy in today's society should be especially true of all who proclaim to follow Christ. Jesus never sought to enrich himself or dominate others. These modern-day evangelicals aggressively advance exclusion and injustice on an industrial scale.

09/03/2024

PAUL GORDON: GOP claims its doesn’t know anything about horrifying Heritage Foundation plan Project 2025 (it's very similar to Agenda 47), but let’s see what they don’t want you to know

Trump plan Agenda 47, a MAGA Manifesto, also needs scrutiny. It lays out what will happen if Trump is re-elected and would bring changes to many current laws and policies dealing with the economy, foreign trade, education and gay rights. Like I said, very similar to Project 2025.

09/02/2024

LABOR! Caterpillar plant in Mexico draws complaint

WIU lays off about 1/4 of unionized faculty; AFL-CIO president slams GOP anti-worker ticket; U of I nurses vote to strike; Deere layoffs ‘kill good American jobs’

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/09/02/labor-caterpillar-plant-in-mexico-draws-complaint/

08/31/2024

MAGA? HERE'S AN AMERICA TO MAKE GREAT AGAIN: What we really need to do is go back to a time that wasn’t too long ago, when we held our president to a higher standard

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/08/30/heres-an-america-to-make-great-again/

08/30/2024

ARTS ALERTS: Check out what's going on in central Illinois. Like Jonny Quest at Martini's Open mic “Whisper and Shout,” returns to Contemporary Art Center; annual Art & Craft Fair, rain or shine, at the Hayloft Shops in Mossville; Peoria Art Guild’s Fine Art Fair is Sept. 28- 29 on the Riverfront; “Artrageous” comes to Five Points Washington; “Music in the Park,” hosted by Fon Du Lac library; plus classes, lectures and what’s on your screens

Check out what's going on around central Illinois this September, like The Illinois Art League member exhibition at the Time Gallery . The Contemporary Art Center the Studios at Sheridan.“River.

08/16/2024

REFLECTIONS FROM A HINDU PERSPECTIVE: Perhaps the Yamas & Niyamas are a more universal fit than the Biblical Ten Commandments

Reflections for a Hindu Perspective: Yogasutra — ancient wisdom — offers a more universal set than the Biblical Ten Read more →

08/14/2024

NATURE RAMBLES: Nature of nostalgia reveals reality of our environment. Return trip to old stomping grounds at Wisconsin-Stevens Point reveals forest’s journey through time

Return trip to old stomping grounds at Wisconsin-Stevens Point reveals forest’s journey through time Read more →

08/14/2024

HEAT WAVES -- IN RED & BLACK: Time to take climate science to court. Tort reform: Extreme weather attribution science can pinpoint damages of natural disasters to industrial causes of climate change

Tort reform: Extreme weather attribution science can pinpoint damages of natural disasters to industrial causes of climate change Read more →

08/13/2024

THE WATCH: American Rescue Plan funds, racial justice are on the dockets.

League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings

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League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings. Read more →

08/13/2024

WEST PEORIA NEWS: Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this month

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Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this monthRead more →

08/13/2024

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali facing at least one challenger. John Kelly, who was voted to City Council with Ali, throwing his hat into ring for April election

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/08/05/mayor-ali-facing-at-least-one-challenger/

08/11/2024

BILL KNIGHT: Student loan assistance will not cost us more. Consider a little logic and math. Say a student’s savings and part-time job weren’t enough and it was necessary to get a $20,000 loan to finish college. The borrower pays 9.9% interest on a 20-year loan. After 10 years, the borrower has paid $23,001.60. So, even if the balance is forgiven outright, the lender’s recovered its amount plus thousands of dollars.

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Republican states blocking administration efforts to ease burden of student loans; but there's an easy fix that helps both those with loans and taxpayersRead more →

08/11/2024

PAUL GORDON: "Voters, please take the time to find out all you can about Project 2025 (and Agenda47, also), the plan for future conservative presidents put together under the banner of the Heritage Foundation. It’s authors include many Trump supporters and appointees."

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Kamala Harris takes over for Joe Biden to lead Democratic ticket against Donald Trump in one ugly season of politics; research Project 2025 and Agenda47 Read more →

08/11/2024

STRAIGHT TALK: What happened to WEEK? Plus congratulations to Mike McCoy and everybody who raised record $11,659,937 for St. Jude; Park District spending $4.5 million on Golf Learning Center, but what about a music venue? And our fair has to try harder

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Congratulations to Mike McCoy and everybody who helped raise a record $11,659,937 for the St. Jude Telethon; Park District spending $4.5 million to renovate the existing Golf Learning Center, but what about a music venue? And our fair has to try harderRead more →

08/09/2024

ARTS ALERTS: Meanwhile, why can't we see these films? Controversial ‘The Apprentice’ about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn; “Green Border” on the crisis of immigrating refugees; and “The Smell of Money” about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in North Carolina are being held from theaters

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/08/09/arts-alerts-meanwhile-why-cant-we-see-these-films/

08/09/2024

ARTS ALERTS: Check out what's going on this month in central Illinois

Corn Stock presents “Nine” and “The Mousetrap” and Peoria Players perform “Mean Girls: High School Version” plus Art Guild offering all kinds of classes Read more →

08/09/2024

Waiting on audit, WTVP may train itself to reach viewers: Public TV station looking to find its niche in streaming services

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/08/09/waiting-on-audit-wtvp-may-train-to-reach-viewers/

08/08/2024

OPINION: Online hysteria spawned by conspiracy theory web feeds are creating ‘human political bombs’ among our very own friends and neighbors

Online hysteria spawned by conspiracy theory web feeds are creating ‘human political bombs’ among our friends and neighbors Read more →

08/08/2024

Justin Glawe breaks down the case of Dalton Mattus, who was caught with pipebombs during a traffic stop in Pekin

Arrest of right-wing extremist Dalton Mattus in Pekin last May after he was found with pipe bombs reveals real threat of terrorism among us Read more →

07/16/2024

HEART OF ILLINOIS FAIR: Operation Earthmoving at the William Po**en Farm back in 1945 changed Peoria forever

The 75th edition is scheduled for July 16-20 at Exposition Gardens. And I can remember when it all started in 1945 when the group Peoria District Fair purchased 160 acres of the Walter Po**en Farm and completed the incredible 'Operation Earthmoving'Read more →

07/07/2024

NATURE RAMBLES: The dog days are a great time to tie up some loose ends and look forward to what the future will bring us … like cicadas, bird counts and red-headed neighbors

As the dog days will be soon upon us, it’s a great time to tie up some loose ends from past Nature Rambles and look forward to what the future will bring us … like cicadas, bird counts and my red-headed neighborRead more →

07/07/2024

BE AWARE, THERE'S A NEW BIRD FLU OUT THERE: No cases have been detected in Illinois yet, but at least three dairy workers nationwide have been infected with H5N1, which seems to pass from species to species

http://thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2024/07/03/be-aware-theres-a-new-bird-flu-out-there/

07/07/2024

HEAT WAVES -- IN RED & BLACK: Politics of climate change makes it very difficult to combat increasingly devastating impacts to society that are on horizon

Politics of the issue makes it very difficult to combat increasingly devastating impacts to society on horizonRead more →

07/05/2024

THE LION'S DEN: ‘Paper Genocide’ inflicted by our colonial government long ago relegated Native Americans to reservations. Remember that

‘Paper Genocide’ inflicted by our colonial government long ago relegated Native Americans to reservationsRead more →