Matt Buedel
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Bradley University adds five members to its board of trustees
PEORIA — The board of trustees at Bradley University has grown by five members — all graduates of the university who will be officially seated in February.The roster includes prominent Peoria residents such as Ray LaHood and Tana Utley, as well as Michael Scimo of Wayne and Melvin "Mel" Flowers and Michelle Mills Clemente of Chicago.Flowers serves as the North America legal lead at Accenture.… → Read More
Famous line of research at Peoria's ag lab continues with new discovery
PEORIA — Allene Jeanes's work with sugars decades ago at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research led to the discovery of a → Read More
Peoria ag lab research could expand on historic discovery
PEORIA — The most famous discovery at Peoria's federal research laboratory forever changed healthcare. The development of a method to mass produce penicillin put life-saving medicine into the hands of millions.Decades later, scientists at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research have discovered a way to amplify the effectiveness of that most basic front-line treatment for… → Read More
Famous line of research at Peoria's ag lab continues with new discovery
PEORIA — Allene Jeanes's work with sugars decades ago at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research led to the discovery of a → Read More
Ag lab research finds two all-natural rivals that could repel deet
PEORIA — One syllable mostly sums up the universe of consumer insect repellants. Though there are alternatives, deet has proven its efficacy in hundreds of millions of applications over decades.But a pair of research projects at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research — more commonly known as Peoria's ag lab — have produced results that match or exceed that most common… → Read More
Current research at Peoria's ag lab could greatly expand on historic discovery
PEORIA —The most famous discovery at Peoria's federal research laboratory forever changed healthcare: the development of a method to mass produce → Read More
Police couldn't confirm story of stabbing victim on Saturday
PEORIA — A 45-year-old man showed up in a local emergency room Saturday night with a stab wound to his chest, but the wound did not appear life-threatening, and police could not confirm the man's story about how he received the injury.The victim arrived at a local hospital about 11:30 p.m. and claimed he was stabbed during an altercation at a house in the 1000 block of South Shelley Street — at… → Read More
Two males entered South Peoria home and snatched disabled resident's wallet
PEORIA — Two males robbed a disabled man of his wallet and $500 cash inside the victim's home on Saturday after the suspects were mistakenly → Read More
Two males enter South Peoria home, steal disabled resident's wallet
PEORIA — Two males robbed a disabled man of his wallet and $500 cash inside the victim's home on Saturday after the suspects were mistakenly allowed inside the house.Police responded about 10:30 a.m. Saturday to the house in the 1800 block of South Stanley Street after another resident chased the suspects from the location, according to a Peoria police report on the incident.Two acquaintances… → Read More
Metamora barber Lynn Elbert shutters single-chair shop after almost 60 years
METAMORA — In the window of a stout building on the edge of town, near the highway's merger down to two lanes before stretching out into vast expanses of vacant cropland, Lynn Elbert hung a closed sign for the final time on Saturday.A different sign — a for sale sign — has been in front of the single-chair barbershop for more than a year, but, after 58 years cutting hair, Elbert didn't want to… → Read More
Violent streak continued Saturday morning with one man shot on Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA — One male received what police termed non-life threatening injuries Saturday morning when he was shot on the East Bluff.Officers responded at 11:18 a.m. to an alert from the city's gunfire detection system in the 2100 block of North Wisconsin Avenue and learned people in two cars were shooting at each other, according to Peoria police.A 25-year-old man soon afterward showed up at a local… → Read More
One man shot Saturday morning on Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA — One male suffered what police termed non-life-threatening injuries Saturday morning when he was shot on the East Bluff.Officers responded at 11:18 a.m. to an alert from the city's gunfire detection system in the 2100 block of North Wisconsin Avenue and learned people in two cars were shooting at each other, according to Peoria police.A 25-year-old man soon afterward showed up at a local… → Read More
Peoria-area bird counters uphold century-old tradition
PEORIA — The post went live online Dec. 12 and brought visitors every day to the Illinois River shore just north of the RiverPlex Recreation Center. → Read More
IDOT alerts new drone owners to know rules and safety practices
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Transportation has a few friendly words for anyone who awoke Christmas morning to find a brand new drone beneath the tree and is exploring the skies for the first timer.Practitioners new to the hobby need to be aware of federal and state regulations — and safety guidelines promulgated by a "community-based" organization such as the Academy of Model… → Read More
Summer Camp Music Festival announces debut 2019 lineup
CHILLICOTHE — Friday may be the first day of winter, but jam band fans got the first hint of warmer weather with the debut lineup for the Summer → Read More
Proposed Peoria Innovation Hub would create space for collaborative solutions
PEORIA — A Downtown facility will join a network of similar research-oriented developments across the state engineering solutions to a wide → Read More
Pair loaded 40 bottles of liquor in suitcases to steal from Peoria Sam's Club
PEORIA — A man and woman worked together to steal about 40 bottles of liquor worth more than $1,000 from Sam's Club on Monday, according to a police report on the incident.The duo opened a two-piece luggage set that was on sale in the store at 4100 W. Willow Knolls Drive about 4:50 p.m. and loaded the bags with bottles of whiskey, tequila, vodka and cognac, with an apparent penchant for Patron… → Read More
A robbery last month may have been a hate crime, Bradley student claims
PEORIA — A 20-year-old Bradley University student reported a month-old robbery and hate crime to police on Sunday, at the same time as revealing a different, more recent incident with racial overtones.The student, who is black, told campus police that he was walking about 1 p.m. Nov. 13 on West Moss Avenue near Duryea Street with three white males either walking near him or standing nearby,… → Read More
PMEG agents seize ounces of meth and arrest two women after Rome raid
ROME — Covert drug enforcement agents seized more than 100 grams of suspected methamphetamine on Monday after executing a search warrant at a home → Read More
New Uftring Chevrolet dealership opens in Washington months after catastrophic fire
WASHINGTON — Uftring Chevrolet christened a new dealership just shy of one year since fire destroyed the old facility.The new building with a vehicle showroom and service area opened Monday at 1860 Washington Road."The sun came up today over the all-new Uftring Chevrolet in Washington. It's a brand new day for a brand new dealership," read a social media post from the dealership. "We can't thank… → Read More