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The Peoria District Fair began fundraising in 1945. [3] More than 24,000 people donated and 160 acres of Walter Poppen's farm were purchased for a groundbreaking in April 1948. [3] On April 24, over 100 volunteers moved a quarter-million cubic tons of dirt to level the farmland; it garnered national attention from Time and Life magazines. [3]
Cousins Maine Lobster’s Chicago franchise is visiting the Peoria Heights establishment on Saturday, Aug. 10. More than 400 people indicated they will attend, and 5,500 more are listed as ...
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A sampler of Holy Crab's Cajun seafood boil includes snow crab, mussels, shrimp, lobster tail and sausage.
Peoria's first jets were Ozark DC9s in 1966. A curious artifact of airline regulation: Peoria never had nonstop flights beyond Chicago until Ozark was allowed a nonstop to New York La Guardia in 1969. On April 25, 2007, the Greater Peoria Airport Authority announced a new nine-gate terminal will be built
The oldest ancestor of the Journal Star, the Peoria Daily Transcript, was founded by N.C. Nason and first published on December 17, 1855. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Peoria Journal was founded as an afternoon paper by Eugene F. Baldwin the former editor of the Daily Transcript , and J. B. Barnes, and first published on December 3, 1877. [ 5 ]
A sign taped to the bright red door of Peoria's Red Lobster notes: "Due to a water issue, We are closed today. We apologize for the inconvenience." On Wednesday, the Journal Star called the ...
WEEK-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Media and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria. WEEK-TV began broadcasting on February 1, 1953, originally on ...