WCBU: ‘Now we have clarity.'

Public media around area look to chart a new path after federal funding cuts become reality of Rescission Bill; LaHood voted for cuts, but notes they are not for 2025; Sorenson: ‘Outrageous’

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CAT-ASTROPHES: UN reports “Since October 2023, Caterpillar equipment has been documented in use carrying out mass demolitions … and crushing Palestinians to death.” And Cat was at war against its own employees long ago.

Be calm: Paint cows. Need a break from current events? Enjoy the playful ‘Cows in the Gallery’ this month at the Peoria Art Guild

GIANTS OF OUR PLANET: You can learn a lot about Sauropods, the Earth’s ‘Largest Dinosaurs,’ at interactive exhibit at Peoria Riverfront Museum

PAUL GORDON: We have to hope our democracy can survive the chaos wrought by the deep divisions in our politics. We have to hope the millions who marched in America had an impact

EMILY GILL: Refugee status for Afrikaners is deplorable.

When so many others, such as former Afghan allies, are being turned away, the obvious question is why South Africans are different.

BIG CATS ON THE LEDO ROAD: Excerpt from ‘Tracks Across America: Caterpillar Tractors and The Growth of A Nation’ shows how Big Yellow helped build ‘the road that couldn’t be built’ during World War II

THE LION'S DEN: ‘Once you learn to read, you will be forever free’ — Fredrick Douglass

President Trump’s executive orders, cuts in GOP’s big bill are the ‘most serious threat ever faced by public broadcasting.’ So what will that mean to local agencies WCBU and WTVP, which rely on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?

No one called the Grand Review of the Armies in 1865 President Johnson’s parade; no one called the military parade in 1942 FDR’s parade; no one called the one in 1991 President Bush’s parade; so why was last month’s Army Day parade President Trump’s?

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INLAND ART: Where bison roam. Replicas of the native beast are scattered throughout Peoria County, and you, too, can help celebrate 200-year Bison-tennial

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Peoria County Bicentennial: ‘Why they came.' Peoria Historical Society exhibit at Wheels O’ Time Museum in Dunlap is a perfect complement to commemorate county’s 200th birthday

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WEST PEORIS NEWS:
Our city fulfilling vision of past pioneer. Passing of first mayor Bryant DeFrance and construction of new City Hall renews focus on future

Paparrazz: Faces of ‘Familia! Familia! Familia!’

Iconic eatery closing doors after 40 years of fine dining — and public service — in Peoria Heights

Hey Bluesky, The Community Word is here!

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