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Sami Johnson/WGLTPulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college. -
Bradley University Athletics/FacebookOne year after topping the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball preseason poll, Bradley University’s team is pegged for fourth place in this year’s early rankings.
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The world-renowned oceanographer famous for leading the team that located the wreckage of the Titanic 40 years ago will visit Peoria this week to discuss that historic finding. -
Methodist College in Peoria is celebrating a milestone anniversary this weekend with a series of events commemorating its 125-year history of educating health care professionals. -
For its second TEDx event, Bradley University will bring together a group of speakers next week to discuss approaches for seeking innovative solutions to social challenges. -
The Pekin City Council on Monday approved paying bonuses totaling $10,000 to school bus department administrators to encourage them to stay with the city until it gets out of the school bus business. -
Students at the Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center on Peoria’s South Side soon will have an opportunity to grow through outdoor activities as the school develops its new nature-based play and learning space. -
The public is invited to provide input in the search for Illinois Central College’s next president. -
Following his death in February 2024, the nonprofit Will Kenny Foundation was established in his memory to benefit educational programs in Central Illinois. The group has provided three scholarships so far, and now it’s hoping to do even more. -
The Peoria Park District and Peoria Public Schools are weighing options about what to do with the decades-old Central Park Pool. -
A divided Peoria Public Schools Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with a Texas-based search firm to find a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Sharon Kherat. -
After Peoria police arrested a 15-year-old boy Friday afternoon for a shooting that targeted the Manual High School building, Police Chief Eric Echevarria sought to reassure the community that the department is actively taking steps to keep schools safe.
