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The Easley Pioneer Museum in the little town of Ipava closed this week for the season, so if you want to see the museum’s display on Camp Ellis, you’ll…
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A 97-year-old silent film once thought lost forever was recently rediscovered amidst a collection of old film reels donated by a Peoria man to the Chicago…
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Washington is now a Walldogs mural community.The Washington Historical Society commissioned the internationally-known collective of sign and mural…
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Annie Turnbo Malone is considered Peoria's first black female millionaire. Born in 1869, Malone would go on to start a hair-care product empire...and…
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Downtown Peoria's Madison Theater is featured in a new book on abandoned movie theaters.Matt Lambros is the author of “After the Final Curtain: America’s…
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It was 153 years ago when 30,000 people gathered outside the courthouse downtown to dedicate the Peoria County Civil War Monument.The 30-foot stone…
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It's been about 40 years since the FBI first declassified its cache of documents on Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.Like many prominent people of his…
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SPRINGFIELD - A container for gunpowder that Abraham Lincoln carried as a soldier during the Black Hawk War of 1832 is now on display at the Abraham…
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We're talking with Bill Conger, with the Peoria Riverfront Museum, about their new exhibit, "Mythic Creature: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids."The exhibit…
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The Illinois State Fair's theme is the latest homage to the state's ongoing bicentennial celebration.The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced…