I got a note in my inbox from former WHOI reporter Monica Landeros:
Hey … sorry for the mass email… but I got the job here in Jacksonville !
I’m newest reporter for First Coast News: firstcoastnews.com
Actually, I am what they call MMJ–multi media journalist. write, report, edit, shoot video.
Monica is a very, very rare sort...
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Former WHOI reporter makes good
A question about cannibalism
Remember adorable news chica Monica Landeros? Before she bolted WHOI for a new job out of town, we bonded over a mutual love for Star Trek. She recently passed along this clip.
Do you know what the funny thing is? I’m posting a link to his clip after seeing it, but not hearing it. I’m...
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A blast from the past
A bunch of Peoria newsies got this email from Monica Landeros, the WHOI reporter who abandoned the River City for a gig at a television station in the Land of the Cheese Heads:
Hi All!
My bio has posted on the web! Check it out. -ml
ps. GB is great!
http://www.wluk.com/bio/landeros.shtml
Monica and I bonded over a mutual love...
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Bye, bye Monica
WHOI’s Monica Landeros is leaving the River City for colder and cheesier climes — she’s taken a job with WLUK Fox 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She starts there on Nov. 28th. Her last day on Peoria television is probably going to be Nov. 14.
Too bad. I like her. She’s a fellow Star Trek...
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Libraries: A bad place for kids?
This report by HOI’s Monica Landeros just rubs me the wrong way. Libraries are good. They should be a place where parents can drop off their kids for a couple of hours.
I went to the library alone all the time when I was a young kid. My parents would drop me off and pick...
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Fighting over late-night bar activity
For the second time in a month, there’s been a massive fight in among downtown bar patrons. WHOI’s Monica Landeros has the details about a City Hall meeting on the situation. I know that some bar owners have complained about cops being too aggressive with patrons in that area. I also know that they...
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Enterprising reporters avoid dull meetings
For a minute, I was worried that Monica Landeros didn’t like me. The diminutive WHOI reporter popped into city hall before the start of Tuesday’s meeting. She stayed away from the reporter’s table, where the usual suspects were shooting the crap and catching up with each other.
I spied Monica off to the side of...
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WHOI’s Monica Landeros has Guardian Angel’s scoop
Before the start of Tuesday’s council meeting, Monica gave me a heads up to expect the report on last night’s 10 p.m. newscast. Unfortunaly, I was tied at all night schmoozing, I mean networking, with the newly elected Peoria City Council person and assorted other political animals.
I’ve read the report she report she posted...
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- Another D150 administrator put on paid leave March 16, 2010District 150 Director of Technology and Library Media Services Mary Ward has been put on paid administrative leave as the district performs an internal investigation. If past is prelude, taxpayers may be paying her to do nothing for a long time. The last administrator to be put on paid administrative leave, Mary Davis, [...] […]
- “Word on the Web” has Urich news conference video March 16, 2010The Journal Star recently started a new blog based on John Sharp and Karen McDonald’s Monday column “Word on the Street.” The blog is called “Word on the Web,” and so far it has been very good. New content is added regularly, and the information is much more timely than the weekly print [...] […]
- Transportation Secretary speaks out on . . . health care reform? March 15, 2010Talk about your full-court press from the Obama administration. Even Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is advocating for the administration’s health care bill now: Yesterday, I voiced my support for health care reform with an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. I am grateful to those who saw my speaking-out for what it was: a former [...] […]
Merle Widmer’s Peoria Watch
- FireFly - What Community Leaders Said March 15, 2010"Calling FireFly 'the poster child' of Peoria NEXT", National City regional president Doug Stewart said that technology was not in short supply in Peoria. "Ideas are not our problem. The issue is management, first, and capital second. If we are going to hit a home run, FireFly is the closest thing we've got."Doug was probab […]
- FireFly Closer to Burning Bright March 15, 2010So wrote Molly Parker, reporter for the JS in May of 2007. The resolution by the County to guarantee, along with the city, a six million dollar loan to FireFly by National City Bank, State Representative Dave Leitch, Vice-President, who personally urged the County Board to approve this loan. Quoting Ms. Parker,"The resolution passed both committees by v […]
- FireFly & G&D Integrated March 14, 2010On 5/28/07, Jennifer Davis and Molly Parker wrote "Finding a FireFly Fix Over Breakfast" in their 'Word on the Street' Column in the JS. Quoting the column, " braving buckets of snow, former Mayor Dick Carver, current Mayor Jim Ardis, state Representative Dave Leitch and a Peoria businessman showed up for breakfast at Le Peep. Over t […]
The Community Word
- Women’s History Month
- Long fight for U.S. Senate seat begins
- The gift of life
- Progress Report of Downtown Library’s Renovation
- Remembering — Straight Talk March 2010
- District 150 needs business, board to clean house
- Northern exposure — Dale’s Column March 2010
- I was banned — City Beat March 2010
- Stop Playing Politics With Our Lives!
- Be Still: Doors and Windows column March 2010
CapitolFax
- Echoes of Rod and more budget friction March 16, 2010
- Sympathies and a get well soon March 16, 2010
- Question of the day March 16, 2010
- Madigan does it again March 16, 2010
- Duffy had second ticket at the same light; Plus, a Statehouse roundup March 16, 2010
CW Notes
- ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER AND EPA ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO FIND AND REPAIR LEAKS DURING FIX A LEAK WEEK March 16, 2010
- March 27th – One-day Fielding & Baserunning Camp March 15, 2010
- Your 2010 Census Form will arrive SOON! March 15, 2010
- Join County Board Candidate (3rd District) Karrie Alms at St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 15, 2010
- COMMUNITY CALL TO ACTION FORUM March 15, 2010
- MADISON GOLF COURSE OPENING March 16 March 15, 2010
- OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM OFFERS SILVERSNEAKERS® WATER FITNESS CLASS March 15, 2010
- Red Cross promotes sober driving on St. Pat’s Day March 15, 2010
- Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ at the Apollo March 14, 2010
- OSF SAINT FRANCIS HEART HOSPITAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TEAM EARNS ACCREDITATION March 13, 2010
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