« Previous Aug 2022Next »Digital Edition Archives Summer Vacation Shrinks in Peoria Public SchoolsBy Lisa CoonPhotos by Ron JohnsonNew school calendar meets with mixed opinions Lessons to Spare, and Share Find a career, earn while you learn, avoid debt By Amy Talcott Photos by Ron Johnson, Mike Bailey Apprenticeship programs are plentiful in central Illinois Local colleges, universities confront enrollment declines By Phil Luciano Photos by Ron Johnson With students questioning the investment, schools are getting creative Music rules in Morton By Lisa Coon Photos by Mike Bailey Molding musicians, shaping people, racking up state titles (16 in a row!) Peoria is home sweet home for many Indian Americans By Mike Bailey Photos by Ron Johnson And they are giving back with businesses, jobs, charitable and cultural contributions Peoria Stadium 2.0 By Nick Vlahos Photos by Ron Johnson Venerable athletic facility to get $11 million reinvention Pumpkin Powered By Scott Fishel Photos by Ron Johnson, Mike Bailey That’s just the start in the orange gourd capital of the world Secrets just beneath the soil By Mike Bailey In Woodford County, archeologists dig in search of answers to ancient questions Turning donations into help for others By Craig W. Armstrong Meeting people ‘where they are,’ Goodwill puts folks to work ‘There are always going to be teen pregnancies’ By Linda Smith Brown Photo by Ron Johnson And Westminster Infant Care Center is there to help Mom finish school A few laws to live – and lead – by By Amy Burkett Common Traits Among Highly Successful People By Dee Brown Econ Corner: An Interview with Dr. Jeffrey R. Brown Interview by Mike Bailey Educating city kids about where their food comes from By Rob Sharkey Lessons go both ways in ‘Ag in the Classroom’ program Peoria’s comic book king adjusts with the times By Steve Tarter Photo by Ron Johnson So Far, So Good for Central Illinois Farmers By Patrick Kirchhofer More Business articles from the Peoria Magazine Archive >>> 20-something teachers learn the fine art of balance By CeCe Hill Caffeine and the support of colleagues help His fountain of youth? A boiling pot of spaghetti By Phil Luciano In Pasta Town – Toluca – everybody loves ‘Ray Mac’ at Mona’s Historic Peoria High, still making history By Steve Tarter Photos by Ron Johnson One of America’s oldest high schools continues to make its mark People, Places & Parties - August 2022 Peoria Stadium has a rich – and racing – history By Phil Luciano The sky is the limit at Peoria Public Schools By Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat More Community articles from the Peoria Magazine Archive >>> Cocktail Class: Hours of Peaches Mixologist: Dustin Crawford Welcome back to Mixology 101 Dish and Drink: Say a Little Prayer … and Pass the Pasta By Mike Bailey Troy Ummel has gone from poor house to promised land with his Connected The Reinvention Tour By Kirk Wessler Photo by Ron Johnson A retired journalist finds a new calling in his mid-60s More Lifestyle articles from the Peoria Magazine Archive >>> Toon Town - August 2022 By Dan Ackley ‘Bugs for Breakfast’ Interview by Laurie Pillman A Q&A with author Mary Boone More Art articles from the Peoria Magazine Archive >>>
Find a career, earn while you learn, avoid debt By Amy Talcott Photos by Ron Johnson, Mike Bailey Apprenticeship programs are plentiful in central Illinois
Local colleges, universities confront enrollment declines By Phil Luciano Photos by Ron Johnson With students questioning the investment, schools are getting creative
Music rules in Morton By Lisa Coon Photos by Mike Bailey Molding musicians, shaping people, racking up state titles (16 in a row!)
Peoria is home sweet home for many Indian Americans By Mike Bailey Photos by Ron Johnson And they are giving back with businesses, jobs, charitable and cultural contributions
Peoria Stadium 2.0 By Nick Vlahos Photos by Ron Johnson Venerable athletic facility to get $11 million reinvention
Pumpkin Powered By Scott Fishel Photos by Ron Johnson, Mike Bailey That’s just the start in the orange gourd capital of the world
Secrets just beneath the soil By Mike Bailey In Woodford County, archeologists dig in search of answers to ancient questions
Turning donations into help for others By Craig W. Armstrong Meeting people ‘where they are,’ Goodwill puts folks to work
‘There are always going to be teen pregnancies’ By Linda Smith Brown Photo by Ron Johnson And Westminster Infant Care Center is there to help Mom finish school
Educating city kids about where their food comes from By Rob Sharkey Lessons go both ways in ‘Ag in the Classroom’ program
20-something teachers learn the fine art of balance By CeCe Hill Caffeine and the support of colleagues help
His fountain of youth? A boiling pot of spaghetti By Phil Luciano In Pasta Town – Toluca – everybody loves ‘Ray Mac’ at Mona’s
Historic Peoria High, still making history By Steve Tarter Photos by Ron Johnson One of America’s oldest high schools continues to make its mark
Dish and Drink: Say a Little Prayer … and Pass the Pasta By Mike Bailey Troy Ummel has gone from poor house to promised land with his Connected
The Reinvention Tour By Kirk Wessler Photo by Ron Johnson A retired journalist finds a new calling in his mid-60s
