Hale Memorial Church time capsule reveals 'interesting' Peoria history
The items from the Hale Memorial Church time capsule will eventually be displayed and donated to a Peoria historical preservation group.
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The items from the Hale Memorial Church time capsule will eventually be displayed and donated to a Peoria historical preservation group.
About 150 attendees rededicated a plaque at St. Mark Catholic Church commemorating 9 men from the parish who gave their lives in World War II.
For a kid from Pekin – for a kid from anywhere – Jack Rosenberg led an amazing life. Not everybody can say they helped transform televised coverage of sports. And that coverage helped transform local lovable losers into a major-league baseball franchise with national appeal. Rosenberg died last weekend in Chicago. He was 94. For more than 40 years, Rosenberg was sports editor at WGN radio and television in Chicago. He joined others with Peoria-area lineage in creating what became a TV sports superstation that beamed Chicago Cubs games into living rooms across the country. Rosenberg helped...