Peoria Pundit

Unless noted, all links are via the Journal Star:

• The 18-year-old who was found murdered behind Sterling School apparently had an “unconventional relationship” with the man prosecutors say killed her. No kidding. There was an eyewitness to the murder, they say. And she snitched. Apparently she never got the memo saying that Peorians never talk to police.
• Some details on the new school calender. Why in the Hell did Peorians have to go through all this for? It was a stupid idea to begin with, and D-150 compounded the problem by getting its back up over criticism. Well, at least the district is in the black.
• Oh, good heavens. A tourist attraction is gonna close two days a week. Will the bloodletting never end?
• A New York Times reporter is going to visit Peoria to tell us details of the Rwandan recovery effort and that we screwed up in Iran.
• Here is nice long article about how the City of Peoria is getting input from the public about the city’s budget. Not much in the story about what that input has been, though. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they folks want more essential services and lower taxes.
• The Peoria Journal Star’s award-winning editorial page today opines on the practice of not paying attention while walking around. They are opposed.
• HOINews: Free public WiFi comes to Normal. I’m guessing, though, that within 10 years or so, new technology and competition will make municipal wi-fi unnecessary.
• WEEK: My condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Rockford native Private First Class David John Badie, who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.

This entry was posted on August 5, 2008 at 3:41 am and is filed under Local with tags crime, District 150, editorial board, murder. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed Both comments and pings are currently closed.