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Monsanto funds university communications chair
Sat, 12 May 2012 22:15:00 -0700
For years, Creve Coeur-based biotechnology and seed giant Monsanto Co. has funded universities and academic research through scholarships and gifts.
WWII vet to get medals replaced
Thu, 10 May 2012 19:26:27 -0700
Ben Piercy doesn’t seek attention for what he did 70 years ago or Thursday morning, but both are deserved. He was 15 when, with a lie about his age, he joined the Navy after the Japanese empire launched its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and brought the United States into World War II. Within months he was fighting on Guadalcanal in the first major allied battle against that ...
Criminal’s past sticks with him
Wed, 09 May 2012 19:56:20 -0700
Wade Bonk knows trouble when he sees it. He should, after 18 felony and misdemeanor convictions and a police murder interrogation. “I guess I’m (f----d), ain’t I?” Wade, 33, asked a North Pekin police officer who stopped his car as it swerved radically down Illinois Route 29 from a gas station after Bonk left a Creve Coeur bar early Saturday. Bonk didn’t wait for an answer. He threw a cup of ...
Verizon bringing 4G service to Peoria
Thu, 17 May 2012 19:16:37 -0700
Verizon Wireless has made Peoria and a number of surrounding communities part of its 4G network, cellular phone service that the company reports is 10 times faster than the 3G service previously available.
Loaded tow truck slams into IDOT truck
Thu, 10 May 2012 11:46:38 -0700
A fully loaded flatbed tow truck slammed into an unoccupied IDOT truck Thursday afternoon in a construction zone on Illinois Route 6 just south of the U.S. Route 150 interchange.
New police dog will recall Dax
Thu, 10 May 2012 14:26:09 -0700
The Illinois State Police Peoria-based district today will introduce its new K-9 partner, named in memory of a boy whose battle with leukemia captured the area’s attention and heart. Dax, a German shepard recently graduated from an extensive 10-week training course, was named by the District 8 trooper chosen as his training and duty partner for Dax Locke, who succumbed to the disease in December ...
Route 24, Route 29 will be diverted out of Downtown Peoria
Tue, 08 May 2012 22:17:29 -0700
U.S. Route 24 and Illinois Route 29 are about to be diverted away from Downtown Peoria as the city prepares for reconstruction on Washington Street from MacArthur Highway to near Interstate 74.
Loophole allows MO drivers to buy cars out-of-state without sales tax
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:39:21 -0700
If you live in Missouri, listen up! You can save hundreds of dollars on your next car, but you have to act quickly. A temporary tax loophole may send you to buy your next car in Illinois.
Cue calendar
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:07:31 -0700
Items for Calendar and Night Life must be received in writing by noon Thursday for the next Thursday's publication. Releases must include a signature and daytime telephone number. Mail to Calendar/Night Life, in care of Mickey Wieland, Cue, Journal Star, 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643; send faxes to 686-3296; or send email to mwieland@pjstar.com. No information will be taken over the phone.
New Science Building at SIUE is addressing a big campus need
Thu, 03 May 2012 22:00:00 -0700
EDWARDSVILLE • With an additional 14,235 students, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville reached its largest overall enrollment in the school's history last fall, representing a nearly 1 percent increase over a year earlier.