(Photo By Flickr User Phillip Rood) Well family, as Black History Month draws to a close, let’s make this journey memorable by hitting the trail one more time! Black History Scope For February 28th: 1704-Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opened school for Blacks in New York City. 1708-Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island (N.Y.).…… MORE
WVEL Entertainment Scope: 2017 Academy Awards Winners
(Photo By Flickr User lincolnblues) The 89th Academy Awards were held on Sunday Evening in Los Angeles, CA at the Dolby Theater. Just in case you missed it, here is a complete list of this year’s Academy Award winners (indicated in bold): Best Picture: “Moonlight” Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” Actress: Emma Stone, “La La…… MORE
WVEL Black History Scope: February 27th
(Photo By Flickr User Joselyn Anfossi Mardones) Ready for some more trekking back in time with Black History? Get your travelin’ gear ready and let’s get educated & informed right now……… Black History Scope for February 27th: 2002- Alicia Keys took home five Grammys at the 44th Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Song of…… MORE
WVEL/IHSA Insider: 2017 IHSA Girls Class 1A & Class 2A State Finals Update
(Photo By Flickr User Hobbies on a Budget) Just in case you missed out on The 2017 IHSA Class 1A & Class 2A Girls Basketball State Finals on last weekend at Redbird Arena, let take a look and see which teams placed and took a trophy home right now…… “The IHSA 2017 Queens Of The…… MORE
WVEL Black History Scope Weekend: February 25th And 26th
(Photo By Flickr User Eduardo Merille) 1839-Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, FL, to the West. 1870-Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi, sworn in as first Black U.S. senator and first Black representative in Congress. 1928-“One-Man Show of Art by Negro, First of Kind Here, Opens Today,” read the headline of a front-page…… MORE
2017 Official Spring Home Show Reminder
(Photo By Flickr User TravelUSA) Just giving you a friendly reminder for the Home Builders Association of Greater Peoria, present the 2017 Official Spring Home Show at the Peoria Civic Center! More than 250 companies occupying 450 booth spaces make the show the largest of its kind in Central Illinois. It features everything for…… MORE
WVEL Black History Scope: February 24th
(Photo By Flickr User Jimmy Emerson, DVM) WVEL-AM & Cumulus Media Peoria are celebrating Black History all month long! Let’s trek together and see who made history for this day…….. Black History Scope For February 24th: 1811-Bishop of AME Church Daniel Payne, born on this day. 1864-Rebecca Lee Crumpler, becomes the first black woman…… MORE
WVEL Money Watch: Burger King Buying Popeyes
(Photo By Flickr User Mike Mozart) According to The Associated Press, Restaurant Brands International says it’s buying Popeyes for $1.8 billion, bringing the chicken chain under the same corporate umbrella as Burger King and Tim Hortons. The move fits with Restaurant Brands’ approach of taking over well-known fast-food chains it sees as having the…… MORE
WVEL Black History Scope: February 23rd
(Photo By Flickr User Peter Miller) “And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on!!” Let’s take another trek inside of African-American History, by seeing what’s happening, right now……. Black History Scope:February 23rd: 1868-On this day Dr.William Edward Burghardt DuBois, educator and civil rights advocate, is born in Great Barrington, MA 1869-Louisiana governor…… MORE
WVEL Home Scene: 2017 Official Home Show
(Photo by Flickr User Reno Tahoe) Come join in as The Home Builders Association of Greater Peoria, present the 2017 Official Spring Home Show at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL! More than 250 companies occupying 450 booth spaces make the show the largest of its kind in Central Illinois. It features…… MORE
