By: Greg Batton From time to time, I am asked if it's ok if a friend puts me down as a reference. The answer is always "yes". This happened recently and when I was contacted by the person want...

By: Greg Batton I became friends with Gary Gillis about 40 years ago. It makes me happy that over all that time we are still friends. Recently, I was a guest on Gary's podcast, "What's The Stor...

PEORIA - The Department of Government Efficiency has targeted three local offices of federal agencies: the U.S. Attorney's Office, the U.S. Trustee Program and the Federal Drug Administration. The Peoria offices are listed among 748 "lease terminations" on the DOGE website. H...

Decades before the hilariously failed "WKRP in Cincinnati" turkey drop, Peoria saw a similar promotion explode in a frenzy of howling spectators and flying feathers. And, presumably, nervous turkeys The poultry pandemonium erupted the day before Thanksgiving 1905 at Szold &...

At the Movies with Casey Foreman: "Sinners" BLOCKBUSTER ALERT Go see this on the biggest screen near you!! Coogler and Jordan absolutely KILLED in this uni...

At the Movies with Casey Foreman: "Warfare" INTENSE - INTENSE - INTENSE That is the word that comes to mind when describing this movie. Fantastic performan...