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  • New Voice: I retract my earlier statement. As far as I know…C.J. has never visited Big Al’s. You might...
  • David P. Jordan: And I thought the U. S. Census Bureau had already come up with regional branding called MSA’s....
  • Karrie E. Alms: Get the frog into the pot of warm water. Cook the frog on low a little at a time. Cook the frog for...
  • anp: I remember that they also looked at the small grass area between the Civic Center and City Hall off of...
  • C. J. Summers: I’m sure regular readers know what a kidder New Voice is, but just for the record, I have never...
  • New Voice: Lorrie’s post was most interesting. She is also correct. Peoria [as it is] has enough to build...
  • Brad Carter: “If it were that important to the Civic Center, then why didn’t they include a hotel in their $55...
  • charlie: “regional branding isn’t necessarily a bad idea” if what? You want to create a tourist...
  • charlie: today PJSTAR announced that the city admits we have to pay installation costs… with what money?
  • Sterling: Back on topic, regional branding isn’t necessarily a bad idea. Of course, like most things political...
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Quote of the Day

“There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don’t have it, they unconsciously [...]

Police are 2 for 2 in 2007 for finding homicide suspects

If you’re looking for a silver lining to the dark cloud of two homicides within two weeks in Peoria, it can be found in the fact that police have a suspect in custody for each case. There are still 11 homicides from 2006 that remain unsolved with nary a suspect.

Within a week after this [...]

Hinton tells Journal Star retirement rumors untrue

Jennifer Davis reports in her Word on the Street column today that Ken Hinton is denying rumors that he will retire in February. In case you haven’t heard, the rumor goes like this: Due to health problems, Ken Hinton is planning to retire February 1 on the condition that he gets to name [...]