(Photo By Flickr User Kurt) Tickets for the 17th Annual River City Soul Fest, which features two nights of national gospel and R&B acts, are on sale right now! Peoria’s signature event returns to the RiverFront on August 2015! Spanning the second the weekend of August at Peoria’s Riverfront Festival Park, gospel acts will perform…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Brandon Dimcheff) Buy a Blizzard® Treat, Make a Miracle! Every minute, sixty-two children enter a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital® for treatment. Help DQ® help the kids. On Miracle Treat Day, $1 or more from every Blizzard® Treat sold at participating DQ locations will be donated to local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User United Way Of Greater St. Louis) The St. Louis Rams have announced their schedule for the 2015 Training Camp. This year’s training camp will include eight open practices at Rams Park (Earth City, MO) and an open scrimmage at Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO). Additionally, the Rams will participate in two…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Jeff Turner) The Chicago Bears Training Camp will be held at Ward Field (on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University) in Bourbonnais, IL. Located about 60 miles south of Chicago, Bears Training Camp will allow fans an opportunity to watch the team practice for FREE. Additional entertainment will include multiple Theme…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr Niall Kennedy) The 2015 Primetime Emmy Award nominations have been announced. The announcement was made at the TV academy headquarters in Los Angeles and streamed live on the academy’s Emmys.com website on last week. Outstanding Drama Series: Better Call Saul Downton Abbey Game of Thrones Homeland House of Cards Mad Men Orange…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Mike Mozart) Gas prices in the Peoria area fell .08 cents per gallon in the past week, now averaging $2.60 per gallon. According to gasbuddy.com and cinewsnow.com, the national average that has fallen .09 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.76 per gallon. Gas prices this past weekend were .85…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Kevin Allison) A bill to rename part of Route 24 after Peoria Native and former Major League Baseball Star Jim Thome, unanimously passes the State House. According to cinewsnow.com, the bill, sponsored by State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth, would rename Route 24 from the intersection with South Adams in Bartonville to the…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Southern Foodways Alliance) Get ready for music, food, and fun at the Morton BBQ Throwdown Festival! This food event was started in 2011 for two reasons: 1) To bring the thrill of professional KCBS BBQ to Central Illinois; and 2) to raise money for a very worthy local charity, The Illinois…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Wonderlane) While it can happen any time, dehydration (not having enough fluid in your body), occurs more often when temperatures increase during summer months. As much of the nation enters its hottest time of the year, blackamericaweb.com and the experts at NurseWise (a national multilingual nurse triage and health education provider),…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Kevin Dooley) If you are wondering what will be happening tonight, here is a list of activities for the whole family to enjoy! Here is a list of what’s going on for Day 7 at the 66th Annual HOI Fair: Thursday 7/16/2015 (Altorfer-Cat Day)- 4pm – 7pm – Carnival Ride Armband Special…… MORE
