Steve Tarter
CorrespondentSteve Tarter retired from the Peoria Journal Star in 2019 after spending 20 years at the paper as both reporter and business editor.
He joined WCBU in 2020 shortly before the pandemic hit. Tarter, married with four adult children, enjoys old movies, especially film noir. The former president of the Apollo Theater in Peoria loves those old black-and-white crime movies so much he hosts a free annual film noir series at the Peoria Public Library every spring. He also continues to host a weekly podcast, Tarter Source, started at the Journal Star several years ago, with a spotlight on Peoria-area personalities.
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Kevin Harlan may have left his beat as general manager of Peoria’s WMBD-TV Channel 31 but he’s still keeping the beat. -
Cynthia Clampitt believes that the Midwest often gets overlooked when it comes to what the region has to offer. Her new book, “Destination Heartland,” seeks to change that.
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What if Charles Lindbergh had completed the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 in a plane labeled the Spirit of Peoria instead of the Spirit of St. Louis?
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Francie Hinrichsen learned about going into business for herself the hard way—she found out running a spa wasn’t for her.
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Francie Hinrichsen learned about going into business for herself the hard way—she found out running a spa wasn’t for her.
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Some of the changes wrought by the pandemic—remote work, online classes and entertainment streams—are probably here to stay, said Paul Gullifor, a professor of communications at Bradley University for the past 34 years.
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When Melody Warnick moved to Blacksburg, Va. over 10 years ago it was just the latest stop for a family that she said had always been on the move.
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When Lydia Moss Bradley started Bradley Polytechnic Institute in 1896, she enlisted the help of one of the nation’s leading educators in William Rainey Harper.
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Two members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Initiative chapter at Bradley University point to the benefits of an active retirement as advocated by Harvard professor Arthur Books in his new book, “From Strength to Strength.”
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We’re in the season of the year that Janice Powers looks forward to every year: spring.
