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In 1957, a second Peoria Bergner's location opened at the then-suburban Sheridan Village Shopping Center. Between 1961 and 1973, the Sheridan Village location sold the most merchandise per square foot of any department store in the United States. This Bergner's was the largest department store in Illinois outside of the Chicago area.
Al's Auto Supply – Chain that operated in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska; purchased by CSK Auto.Founded by Abe "Al" Wexler in Everett, Washington in the late 1950s; [1] [2] sold 15 store chain to Paccar in 1987; [3] Paccar sold chain (along with Grand Auto) in 1999 to CSK Auto which eventually rebranded stores as Schucks.
Block & Kuhl traced its roots to 1863 or 1864 and the C. Bonk and Co., a dry goods store with John H. Schipper as Bonk's partner. After Bonk's death, Henry C. Block joined the company, thus becoming the Schipper and Block Co., located at 304 Margaret St. in Pekin, Illinois.
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It marks the second death in 2024 of an employee at one of Caterpillar's facilities in the Peoria area. On June 6, Daulton Simmers, 28, of West Peoria, was killed after he was engulfed in fire and ...
Playing in Peoria: When Jimmy Buffett helped bring streaking to central Illinois On the outbreak's one-year anniversary, the Journal Star began a five-part, front-page series on the incident and ...
A Dunlap High School senior was killed late Saturday night when her vehicle was involved in a head-on collision near the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in northwest Peoria.. Nevaeh Mitchell, 18 ...
Jefferson R. Boulware, Illinois state representative and lawyer [4] Robert L. Burhans, Illinois state legislator and lawyer [5] John Edward Cassidy, Illinois Attorney General; Mark Clark, Black Panther; killed in infamous Chicago police raid in 1969; Joseph E. Daily, Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court; William L. Eagleton, US diplomat