(Photo By Flickr User David Feltkamp) Taking place on the Riverfront in downtown Peoria, the 46th Annual Steamboat Days Festival combines a bigger, better carnival, delicious food and drinks, great musical entertainment, and more in a family-friendly atmosphere! Continuing this great Peoria tradition, Steamboat Days Festival 2017 will be held on Thursday, June…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Scott Smith) With summer arriving and only 35% of Americans planning to take a family vacation away from home this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub, released its report on 2017’s Best & Worst Cities for Staycations. The top 10 cites are as follows: Best Cities for Staycations: 1) Orlando, FL 2)…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User UrbanPromise) Former Chicago Bears & Carolina Panthers football star Charles “Peanut” Tillman, will headline the inaugural Journal Star (PJ Star) Best of Central Illinois Preps awards gala, set for Monday, June 26th at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. The event will honor all of the Journal Star all-stars…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Timothy Takemoto) The 2017 IHSA Boys Baseball & Girls Softball Class 1A & Class 2A State Finals make their way to Peoria & East Peoria, IL on this weekend. Here is a glimpse of what will be happening on Friday and Saturday. The 2017 IHSA Girls Softball Class 1A & Class 2A…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Loren Javier) It’s about that time again to enjoy full-length, family films on Monday evenings at the Glen Oak Amphitheater! Join in with Glen Oak Park as they celebrate the Summer with Family Flicks! Family Flicks 2017 Schedule: Monday, June 5th • Zootopia Monday, June 12th • The Secret…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Pat Quinn) Instead of celebrating cherries, the city of Washington, IL will be celebrating “Good Neighbors” come the last Wednesday in May! Washington’s Annual Festival is 5 days of great fun and community. The Good Neighbor Days Festival will begin on the Wednesday, May 31st through Sunday, June 4th! This…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Horizon League) Valparaiso University has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference, effective July 1st. According to mvc-sports.com, pjstar.com, and valpo.edu, the Valley extended the invitation earlier this month, but officials at Valparaiso were silent until early Thursday morning, when the university issued a news release.…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User H. Michael Miley) A new memorial at Springfield’s airport honors the city’s only resident to graduate from pilot training at Tuskegee Army Air Base during World War II. The late Lyman L. Hubbard Sr. served with the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register and week.com, reports a display…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User MPM *** Música Para Marzianos) “Attention, attention, legendary hip hopper, singer/songwriter, and actor Snoop Dogg, is working on a Gospel Album!” With his new release, Neva Left, not even a few days old, Snoop Dogg is already speaking about his next project. Much to the surprise of many, the veteran…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User caotiquemind) To add to the celebration of the one-year anniversary of LEMONADE, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announces the establishment of Formation Scholars awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, to encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box. According to scholarshipsonline.org, The Beyoncé Formation Scholars Program is open to…… MORE
