Entertainment
Wildlife Prairie State Park is preparing a return to its roots
For most of its history, Wildlife Prairie State Park has been a privately owned enterprise, founded by Bill Rutherford to promote conservation, education and recreation. Since 2000, that mission has been owned by the state. Within a few weeks, the park could be returning to its roots.
Hagar: Not surprised at Van Halen tour woes
Right now, Sammy Hagar is awfully glad he's not in Van Halen anymore. The legendary rock band he led for more than a decade after replacing David Lee Roth in 1986 launched a tour in February with Roth back at the helm. But Van Halen on Thursday postponed dozens of shows this summer that [...]
Hot Online: Salvage plan for Costa Concordia
Daily roundup of what's hot online right now with the revealing of the salvage plan for the Costa Concordia, Facebook IPO affecting other social media stock and a trending video.
On the Air: At local news desks, it’s anchors away
All those winds of change that have blown through media in recent years haven't spared the local TV news. Anchors still sit behind those desks and stack their papers at show's end, but to see the evidence of some of that change, simply flip around the dial some weeknight at 10 p.m.
Symphony board and musicians agree to first union contract
The Peoria Symphony Orchestra's board and the orchestra's unionized musicians signed their first union contract Thursday. The contract between the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria Federation of Musicians Local 26 was signed at the Peoria Symphony board's regular meeting, said David Hoffman, a member of the bargaining team, and Susan Hoffman, the Peoria [...]
Big Al’s owner ‘appalled’ by new bill to tax strip clubs
Al Zuccarini, the owner of Big Al's strip club, hated the proposed legislation that called for a $5 per customer tax to raise money to benefit rape crisis centers. He doesn't like the stripped-down $3 per customer version that sailed out of a Illinois Senate committee this week any more than the last one.
Hot Online: Mary Kennedy found dead
Daily roundup of what's hot online right now with how Mary Kennedy died, free app of the day and a trending video of a man in Atlanta who was caught pointing a rifle at a school bus.
Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn't comfortable embracing. "I grew up on rock 'n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her [...]
Band plays atop Heights tower as part of TV pilot
The creators of "Heartland Sound … Staged" got one step closer to completing their pilot TV episode by filming three performance segments on top of the Peoria Heights Water Tower on Wednesday evening. The weather was mild and the visibility was stunning as Roundstone Buskers performed their Irish-flavored tunes on a makeshift stage at [...]
Dining Out: A little spice would make MAK’s just right
I realize this is Woodford County, hardly a hotbed of spicy foodstuffs. Still, as we munched through dinnertime at Lil' MAK's, we wondered how much better the fare could be with just a little zip – nothing fancy, maybe even just a few shakes of garlic and salt.
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