Steve Tarter
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Peoria, IL, United States
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Peoria's distilleries led the nation for decades
While manufacturing breakthroughs in Peoria's past tend to focus on the Duryea automobile and the advancements made in tractor technology, the innovations → Read More
Central Illinois Auto Show kicks off Friday
PEORIA — It used to be that fins and chrome got all the attention at a car show but today it's an opportunity to learn about technology.The 2019 Central Illinois Car Show, which kicks off at the Peoria Civic Center on Friday and runs through the weekend, has plenty on display, said Bill Morton, president of the Peoria Metro New Car Dealers Association, the group that puts on the annual… → Read More
Council candidates comment on branding Peoria
The Journal Star sent the following question to the 10 candidates who will be on the ballot Tuesday:Several area leaders have called for Peoria to be more → Read More
High speed trains get set for Illinois — but not in Peoria
PEORIA — When high-speed rail finally takes off in Illinois, Peorians will watch from the sidelines.The last time a passenger train served Peoria, → Read More
High speed trains get set to roll across Illinois — but not in Peoria
PEORIA — When high-speed rail finally takes off in Illinois, Peorians will watch from the sidelines.The last time a passenger train served Peoria, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and "Dallas" was the most popular TV show of the day. A shaky one-year experiment with Amtrak, providing service to Chicago on a line called the Prairie Marksman, ended in 1981. Since then, area residents must… → Read More
Peoria panel examines future of medicine
PEORIA — The future of medicine was playing at the Giant Screen Theater at the Peoria Riverfront Museum Thursday.It wasn't a movie but a panel with some of the leading doctors in Peoria who talked about what lies ahead in their respective fields. The images that filled the museum's big screen included pumping hearts, artificial ears and surgical robots."The delivery of medicine will change,"… → Read More
Susan Malahy, Lindbergh principal, wins state award
PEORIA — They held a surprise party at Lindbergh Middle School Thursday that involved the entire school.When principal Susan Malahy stepped into the gym, all 280 students let loose a roar, paying tribute to the winner of the 2019 Golden Apple Leadership Award.The balloons, pom-poms and T-shirts worn by staff that said "Proud to be led by a Golden Apple winner" were all signs recognizing the… → Read More
Susan Mulahy, Lindbergh principal, wins state award
PEORIA — They held a surprise party at Lindbergh Middle School Thursday that involved the entire school.When principal Susan Malahy stepped into the gym, all 280 students let loose a roar, paying tribute to the winner of the 2019 Golden Apple Leadership Award.The balloons, pom-poms and T-shirts worn by staff that said "Proud to be led by a Golden Apple winner" were all signs recognizing the… → Read More
Pere Marquette's new owners holding open house Thursday
PEORIA — The Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette Hotel will host a public open house from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 to celebrate the hotel's new ownership.The open house event will include of guest rooms, restaurants and event spaces, hors d’oeuvres and specialty cocktails, as well as prizes. The Washington, D.C.-based INDURE Build-to-Core Fund, the biggest single investor in the 2013… → Read More
Peoria council hears about fire response times
PEORIA — Consultants told the Peoria City Council on Tuesday that the city is sending too much equipment to medical calls.Instead, they recommended → Read More
Peoria council hear about fire response times
PEORIA — Consultants told the Peoria City Council on Tuesday that the city is sending too much equipment to medical calls.Instead, they recommended → Read More
Peoria council to hear results of fire/emergency response study
PEORIA — The long-awaited study of the city's fire/medical operations is expected to finally arrive at Peoria City Hall Tuesday.The Peoria City Council approved the study from Fitch & Associates, the agency based in Platte City, Mo., in May 2018 with the goal of having the report ready for council members in five months. A series of delays held up the report but Fitch's Bruce Moeller, a senior… → Read More
Peoria council to hear results of fire/emergency response study
PEORIA — The long-awaited study of the city's fire/medical operations is expected to finally arrive at Peoria City Hall Tuesday.The Peoria City Council approved the study from Fitch & Associates, the agency based in Platte City, Mo., in May 2018 with the goal of having the report ready for council members in five months. A series of delays held up the report but Fitch's Bruce Moeller, a senior… → Read More
As Illinois farmers get older, farms get bigger and fewer
EDWARDS — Ross Pauli is getting ready for another planting season doing maintenance on some of the equipment he'll use on his 800-acre farm in Edwards in rural Peoria County.He's still on crutches from ankle surgery performed over the winter but doesn't expect that to slow him down. "I can drive a tractor now but the ankle has taken longer than I thought to heal," said Pauli, who started farming… → Read More
AutonomouStuff engineer to talk at BU
PEORIA — Joe Buckner, director of engineering at AutonomouStuff, the Morton firm that develops software and engineering services for driverless vehicles, will speak at the Peplow Pavilion of the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center on the Bradley University campus at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The program is presented by the Bradley Institute for Innovation through Collaboration.In this presentation, Buckner, a… → Read More
Council candidates weigh in on Peoria riverfront
In our continuing coverage of issues leading up to the election of five At-Large members to the Peoria City Council on April 2, the Journal Star is asking → Read More
Hatching new Peoria businesses in the Nest
PEORIA — Wanted: workers to share open office space in Peoria’s Warehouse District willing to take advantage of a small room for pitches, fiber Wi-Fi and wordless background music for $100 a month.That's a hypothetical classified for the Nest, 820 SW Adams St., a co-working space operated by the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council that will celebrate a fifth anniversary this… → Read More
Limestone scores big win in FIRST Robotics contest at Bradley
PEORIA — An NCAA-like atmosphere lingered over the Bradley University campus this weekend, but it wasn't basketball that brought the crowd → Read More
Saturday morning fire destroys house in Peoria
PEORIA — Fire destroyed a home at 2418 W. Malone St. early Saturday morning.Fire crews were on the scene at 3:19 a.m., but Battalion Chief Clinton → Read More
Binny's Beverage Depot looks headed for Westlake shopping center
PEORIA — Binny's Beverage Depot looks to be coming to Westlake Shopping Center.The Chicago-based liquor chain turns up on the agenda for the next Peoria Liquor Commission meeting set for April 1. Site approval is sought for a Binny's outlet at the Westlake site where the Fresh Market supermarket closed last year.Binny's, which started in 1948, has 40 locations across the state, most in the… → Read More