For his work in the field of cyber security, Peoria Unified student Cougarjade Reyes has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Leader of Tomorrow category.
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For her service to the greater community, former Peoria Diamond Club General Manager Rosalind Shanley has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Cheerleader category.
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Peorians this side of the century know Vicki Hunt as a long-time civil servant who was elected four times for a total of 16 years. But the younger folks might not know that she taught at Peoria High …
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For her service to the greater community, former Councilmember Vicki Hunt has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the category of Lifetime Acheivement.
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Lori Jensen has always had a passion for community service, but it hit particularly hard just before businesses and school closed for the pandemic, in 2020.
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The son of a sheep herder, Bobby Gonzalo spent his early years in a Peoria that probably wouldn’t be recognizable to the average resident today, one that was still steeped in its agricultural ways.
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