Go down to Peoria Police Headquarters and read a weekend’s worth of police reports (actually, you can’t, unless you a member of the press, but I was just being rhetorical anyway).
If you go through these reports you will see a theme. There are a lot of reports about people who seem to can’t keep their [...]

I didn’t attend tonight’s Peoria City Council meeting. I did listen to WCBU (while watching the action on Public Access channel 22).
There some chatter at the end about Councilman Eric Turner’s call for a hiring freeze. He now says it wasn’t directed at firemen or police officers. But I note that he never said they [...]

From a press release:
The City of Peoria will host a public open house at Columbia Middle School, 2612 North Bootz Avenue on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The purpose of this open house is for the public to review the scope of a study and master plan to implement a [...]

From a press release:
The City of Peoria is hosting a General Public Meeting at Richwoods High School on February 27, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.  The purpose of this meeting is for the public to review some of the goals and input already received from the public as part of the Comprehensive Plan process, and to [...]

Today’s links via the Journal Star:
Phil Luciano has another take on the death of Benjamin Sargent.
The very last thing that ought to come out of this study on the security needs for city hall is a recommendation for metal detectors or check points with armed guards. It would be an unwise use of scarce resources [...]

From Peoria City Hall:
Crews have finished plowing the primary routes.  They are now plowing the residential routes.  The residential streets will be plowed close to the curb.  This will be continued until all of the routes are completed.
Crews are putting the salt/sand mix where needed.  This includes hills and primary intersections.  If you have questions, please contact Public [...]

CUTLINE: Chicago Cubs’ Kosuke Fukudome of Japan, catches a ball in the outfield at baseball spring training Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.
The Chicago Cubs are counting on a power surge to lead them into the playoffs in 2008. Their newly imported outfielder will be a big part of the program:
Another player capable of [...]

Today’s news links via the Peoria Journal Star:

What struck me about this story about a presentation District 150 officials made at First Federated Church is how quickly the commenters started to complain about two aspects of the talk: Getting churches involved in tutoring programs and expanding the school day. One commenter was worried someone who [...]

There’s no real dirt to sling at Barack Obama — except for tight-wingers constantly reminding us that his middle name is Hussein — so they are bringing up this sort of stuff:
In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of [...]

Bradley University just doesn’t get it. If you want to be a top basketball school that perennially sends teams into the NCAA tournament, you have GOT to overlook the little things, such as when your star player gets his sorry ass arrested for domestic battery. In fact, you’ve got to have a local police department [...]

Via the Associated Press:
Second baseman Mark DeRosa was taken out of the Chicago Cubs’ spring training complex on a stretcher and transported by ambulance to a hospital Saturday after experiencing an irregular heartbeat.
DeRosa was sitting up as he was wheeled out of the Fitch Park complex. Some of his teammates were still in the field [...]

There’s been another incident of the City of Peoria releasing a person’s Social Security Number when replying to a Freedom of Information Act request. This release happened after news hit the streets about an earlier incident in which the same information about a lot of city employees was released.
In both cases, the recipients (a city [...]

The Chicago Tribune blog Clout Street says the national Democratic Party are targeting three Congressional districts now held by the GOP. The 18th District is not one of those listed.
That’s surprising. The district seems ripe for turnover. The incumbent is retiring, and the presumptive nominee (pending approval by the county chairs) would seem to be [...]

From a press release:
Market Study for in and near downtown housing - Presentation Feb 26 at 4:00 pm at City Hall
The City of Peoria has retained the prestigious housing market research firm of Tracy Cross to assess the market for new and rehabbed housing in and near downtown Peoria. The firm will present their findings [...]

State Rep. David Leitch thinks there’s a good chance the state will come through with $12 million in state money (READ: Money taken from taxpayers) for the Peoria Riverfront Museum.
The cash would be included in the Capital Development Fund for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and would have to go to a capital project.
You [...]