7/7/2022
Beth Griffin has been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Emergency Responder category.
6/13/2022
Peoria resident Mike Heath came to know the spirit of outreach as a boy watching his father, Charles, who owned and operated a Standard Oil/Chevron gas station, donate his free time to several organizations and help people with advice on car repairs.
6/13/2022
Mike Heath has been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the volunteer category.
5/7/2022
Maylee Acosta says she’s not entirely sure where her passion for service was born but it certainly came to the forefront as a young girl at Sundance Elementary School when she would ask her …
5/7/2022
Maylee Acosta has been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Leader of Tomorrow category.
4/10/2022
A new law is one way to change things for the better in this country — that is, if lawmakers could agree on anything these days.
4/10/2022
Teri and Patrick Caserta have been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Heros in the Health Care category.
4/7/2022
Moises Natera and Hansel Martz, a married couple from Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Sonora, had always talked about the possibility of adopting a child, and learned that fostering had become a new option in their country only recently.
3/17/2022
Theaters across the country were dark in 2020, into 2021, and have only recently begun to find more widespread life since COVID-19 began to spread.
3/17/2022
Theater Works Artistic Director Chris has been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Trailblazer category for his work in bringing theater and art into the community.
2/25/2022
The inaugural Peoria Independent Hometown Heroes luncheon took center stage, Feb. 24, as 12 individuals who either work or live in the city were honored for their service to the community.
12/2/2021
It was around the sixth grade when Diego Cardenas Rivera started to take an interest in STEM disciplines. At that time he became involved with the MESA program at Peoria High School. He learned about …
