(Photo By Flickr User Robb2004) The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will be the first game on the 2019 NFL regular season schedule. The NFL announced at its annual owners’ meetings that the longest standing rivalry will kick off the season at Soldier Field on Thursday, September 5th. That season-opening game will air as…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Aaron & Alli) Get ready for the 30th Annual Central Illinois Auto Show here in Peoria, IL! The Peoria Metro New Car Dealers Association is proud to bring back the annual Central Illinois Auto Show to the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 5th-7th, 2019.…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Mike Mozart) CVS Pharmacy has started selling cannabis-based products in eight states. According to WEEK-TV and WGEM-TV, the products will be available in about 800 stores in eight states, including Illinois. The other states are Alabama, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, and Tennessee. CVS has partnered with cannabis manufacturers to…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Matthew Hurst) Taking a low-dose aspirin daily to prevent a heart attack or stroke is no longer recommended for adults age 70 or over, according to new guidelines released earlier this week, NBC News & NBC Chicago reported. The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association reversed previous guidance…… MORE
(Photo By Fliickr User 7330179@N07) Used soap from Hilton Hotels is getting a second life. According to CNN, the company announced earlier that it will collect used bars of soap from guest rooms across its hotels and recycle them into 1 million new bars of soap by October 15th, which is Global Handwashing Day. The…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Taylor Studios, Inc.) “Get Up Everybody, Stand Up And Cheer,……. The Best Is Here!!” Do you want to cheer on the Bradley Braves in the Quest for the Final Four? Come join in at the Peoria Riverfront Museum as you can come out and cheer on our Bradley Braves in the…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Douglas Porter) The Bradley men’s basketball team is headed to a familiar location for the NCAA Tournament as the Braves are set to play in Des Moines, IA for the first and second rounds. BU earned a No. 15 seed for the tournament and opens play against No. 2 Michigan…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Sudipto Sarkar) The Illinois House has approved a measure to raise the age to purchase tobacco products statewide to 21. According to WEEK-TV, last week, the House voted 82-31 in favor of raising the minimum purchasing age for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and nicotine products. “That’s an encouraging, bipartisan vote that puts us…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User Terry Chapman) CityLink will operate continuous bus shuttles from participating hotels to the Peoria Civic Center for the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Boys Basketball State Finals on Friday, March 15th and Saturday, March 16th for the Class 3A and 4A games. Shuttles will pick up in 20-30 minute increments beginning…… MORE
(Photo By Flickr User k4dordy) “Which High School Boys Basketball Class 3A/Class 4A team will be crowned “IHSA Kings Of The Court?” Now we know that this question was asked for the Gentle Gents of Class 1A/Class 2A on last week; now we will see who will take all as the “Road To River City,…… MORE
