(Photo By Flickr User Kristin Andrus) For more than 30 years, the professionally trained turkey experts that make up the Turkey Talk-Line have been answering turkey related questions each holiday season. Open every November and December, the 50+ experts answer more than 100,000 questions, for thousands of households around the United States and…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Clyde Robinson) Grocery shopping and recipe preparations may be well underway ahead of Thanksgiving, but several health agencies have banded together to deliver one clear rule before the holiday: Don’t wash the turkey before cooking it! Amy Keating, R.D., a Consumer Reporters nutritionist, said in a food safety memo, “You can’t…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User synestheticstrings) America’s longest running holiday parade makes its return to the River City on Thanksgiving Weekend! The 132nd Annual Santa Claus Parade will be taking place on November 29, 2019 (Thanksgiving Friday), beginning at 10:15am in Peoria, IL. Join in on this great Peoria tradition as the parade takes a magical…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Rory Finneren) Sports Line: IHSA Football State Finals-DeKalb, IL The City of DeKalb, IL will be hosting their 4th title game coming this weekend at Huskie Stadium! Just in case you will traveling to the Chicagoland Area on this Thanksgiving Weekend, here is the schedule for the games on Friday, November 29th…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User alexkerhead) A survey released earlier this week finds nearly 3 in 10 workers say they are late to work at least once a month. That amounts to 28% of workers. TrueBlue, KWQC-TV, and NBC News has released some laugh-out-loud actual excuses workers gave for arriving late to work. Among them: –…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Mike Mozart) Newsline: CVS Pharmacy, Central Peoria, IL The Central Peoria CVS Pharmacy location is scheduled to close in December. A CVS manager confirmed earlier this week that the 3015 North Sterling Avenue, Wardcliffe Shopping Center, Peoria, IL store location, will close on December 1st. According to WEEK-TV, the manager said…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Jeremy Wong) America’s longest running holiday parade makes its return to the River City on Thanksgiving Weekend! The 132nd Annual Santa Claus Parade will be taking place on Friday, November 29, 2019 (Thanksgiving Friday) beginning at 10:15am in Peoria, IL. Join in on this great Peoria tradition as the parade takes…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User EE Image Database) “Attention Ameren Illinois customers. attention Ameren Illinois customers, are you in the market for a new thermostat?” According to KHQA-TV and WICS-TV, Ameren Illinois is handing out free smart thermostats for residents. To be eligible, you must be an Ameren Illinois customer, have your heating source provided…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Steven Depolo) More teachers are needed in Illinois, 1,748 teaching jobs are unfilled for the 2019 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education & WGEM-TV. A bill is looking to offer some college students extra financial aid, if they agree to teach in Illinois for three…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Kevin Spencer) Illinois residents are one step closer to ending the practice of changing their clocks twice a year. The Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 533 on earlier this week, 44-2. State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) introduced the bill back in May. According to WGEM-TV, the bill would make Daylight…… MORE
