November 29, 2007

Three shootings but nonfatal

Either the bad guys can’t aim straight or our paramedics are the best in the world. Wow. Three shootings in three different locations. Makes you wonder if Peoria isn’t the wild west.
 The murder trial at the courthouse had high security due to threats and fears of violence yet nothing happened. Wonder if those shootings are [...]

November 29, 2007

AMAZing, ain’t it

The powers that be are finally getting around to trying to sell the museum project to locals. Well, it has only been about seven years too late. It’s a shame really. The museum downtown could have been something, and it still might. You never know. But there could be a bitter taste in the mouths of [...]

November 29, 2007

There’s a rumble

In every city, large and small, there is a buzz, a rumble if you will. It might be from the collective patter of feet on the sidewalk or even from the trains roaring several feet below carrying people to and fro.
Not in Peoria. We don’t have a subway.
Yet, there is a buzz and a rumble [...]