Local
3 months ago
150 kids from Boys and Girls Club receive free laptops

In addition to the laptops the students will receive two years of free tech support

UIS Athletics
Sports
3 months ago
UIS Earns Program-Record 239 Academic All-GLVC Awards

Honors for athletes in 15 different sports

The first all-girls construction team to compete at SkillsUSA Illinois poses outside the Peoria Civic Center after their competition. From left, Aubrey Levin, Kayhl Miles, Amyla Walls and Catelin Wesley. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Education
3 months ago
Challenges persist for women, minorities breaking into Illinois’ skilled trades

Over the past 10 years, women have held fewer than one in 10 construction jobs

UIS Athletics
Sports
3 months ago
All UIS Teams Earn GLVC Team Academic Award in 2024-25

First time every team earned the honor

Business
3 months ago
Possible new TIF district worries D-186 school board

No decision yet on Jerome proposal

Seventeen local high school students recently stepped into the world of health care at HSHS St. John’s Hospital’s first High School Healthcare Bootcamp of the summer.
Health & Wellness
3 months ago
Local high school students step into world of health care

First-time “boot camp” for high schoolers

Education
3 months ago
Cell phone debate could return to District 186

Miller sees unequal enforcement, suggests tougher rules

Rochester Rockets
Education
4 months ago
Interim Superintendent named at Rochester

Rolf Siversten takes over July 1

Sports
4 months ago
New boys’ hoops coach at SHS

Succeeds Marques Warfield, whom the board fired last month

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