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The columns evoke emotions ranging from glad to sad to mad to otherwise. Here are Phil Luciano's favorites, one from each year. → Read More
Beginning in 1989, Phil Luciano's column appeared countless times in the Peoria Journal Star. With this one, he says thank you and goodbye. → Read More
The state says "Harman," the county says "Harmon," and signs say both. Why there's a dispute — and why Airport Road's name is also sometimes wrong. → Read More
Nathaniel Pope was an opportunist who forever changed Illinois and the nation. How he managed to change the state's northern border. → Read More
Studies show COVID-19 boosters help against coronavirus variants. A Peoria doctor candidly answers questions about pandemic. → Read More
Joy Hattan is remembered as someone who "would do anything for anybody.” Dennis Hattan now faces the prospect of raising a pre-teen alone. → Read More
Darronte Matthews has been named the new weekend anchor. Also, Sheridan Hurtig has been named news reporter for the newscasts. → Read More
Almost 50 players in the Peoria Sunday Morning League have gone on to play Major League Baseball. → Read More
Chester Weger, released last year after nearly 60 years in prison, hopes DNA testing will get his conviction vacated. → Read More
The National Film Registry added two movies with Peoria ties to its list: "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert" and "The Murder of Fred Hampton." → Read More
The romance between Dan Fogelberg and Jill Gruelich was wistfully memorialized in song after a chance run-in in Peoria on Christmas Eve 1975. → Read More
Prompted by Ask Phil, the city of Peoria found a traffic light malfunction at War Memorial Drive and North Grand Boulevard that needed to be fixed. → Read More
An Italian restaurant immediately preceded Alexander's Steakhouse, but it previously had life as a distillery and a warehouse. → Read More
It's not uncommon for gratuities for garbage, recycling collectors to go missing. Here's the best way to make sure it gets to the intended recipients. → Read More
Macomb native Sterling Cale made Hawaii his home after the attacks, and volunteered at the USS Arizona Memorial. → Read More
Our new series at the Peoria Journal Star is called Ask Phil. Email Phil Luciano your questions about the Tri-County Area, and he will answer them. → Read More
The 64-year-old Peorian is working, but jobs are drying up for handymen. He's seeking holiday help from the Journal Star Christmas Fund. → Read More
Reopening at Raber Packing Co. comes more than three years after fire at original site. The new facility almost triples the former Raber footprint. → Read More
"It's going to be a great Thanksgiving," says Carissa Clemens ahead of the first holiday in five years in which she's had stable housing. → Read More
Andre Leathers had been raising four of his grandchildren, whom his mother is now adopting after he was murdered last year. → Read More