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Peoria judge rules bloggers aren’t journalists

Former Journal Star reporter Elaine Hopkins could access juvenile court hearings as a journalist, but not as a blogger.

July 25th, 2007 | Category: Blogosphere | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Mature neighborhoods” worth saving from IDOT, but not Bradley

At Tuesday’s council meeting, there was quite a bit of discussion about the Northmoor Road improvement project. If the city is going to use IDOT funds for this project, they have to follow IDOT’s rules, and in this case it would mean widening the street to five lanes between Allen and Sheridan roads. [...]

July 25th, 2007 | Category: Bradley University, City Council, City of Peoria | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Heart of Peoria Commission lives on

The City Council on Tuesday approved the compromise agreement that will leave the Heart of Peoria Commission intact. The compromise agreement had three parts:

Approve the Heart of Peoria Commission Work Plan — The council approved this work plan with one exception: the money that’s listed in the capital budget column was not approved Tuesday, [...]

July 25th, 2007 | Category: City Council, City of Peoria, HOPC | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)