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Skrzypek: Deborah Howard is doing the work in LD 27

9/11/2024
After Labor Day weekend and a week before my 70th birthday, I was reminded of a core value instilled in us as kids: a strong work ethic.

Somers: Thank you for welcoming me to Peoria Unified …

9/10/2024
I am pleased to introduce myself as the new superintendent of the award-winning Peoria Unified School District.

Mayor: New helicopter a momentous achievement in …

9/9/2024
It is with great excitement that we celebrate a momentous achievement for our community: the ribbon cutting of Peoria’s brand-new public safety helicopter.

Somers: Peoria Unified making campuses more secure to …

9/6/2024
We recognize that yesterday was an incredibly difficult day as we mourned the lives lost in a tragic school shooting in Winder, Georgia.

2024 preps football preview: Cactus

9/2/2024
As the 2024 high school football season kicks off, teams all across the Valley are in game-mode. But few teams are hungry for as much redemption and retribution as the Cactus Cobras.  The …

2024 Preps football preview: Northwest Christian

9/1/2024
The three-year starters and 4A football stars are largely gone now. Northwest Christian must attack this season like a group project. If what  15-year head coach Dave Inness saw in the offseason can translate to the field, this team has the togetherness and the temperament to surprise some people.

2024 Preps football preview: Shadow Ridge

8/30/2024
Players that stayed at Shadow Ridge this offseason received a new vision of what their football program can be. In the two months between former coach Sean Hegarty’s departure and Michael …

2024 Preps football preview: Kellis

8/29/2024
This season can be the present Kellis football players have waited years for. But the Cougars are well aware that they have to earn the big gift they want, day by day and week and week. …

Here are some tips to help seniors avoid heat-related …

8/29/2024
Arizona summers are dangerous, putting older adults, and people on certain medications, such as for diabetes and high blood pressure, at heightened risk for heat-related illness and dehydration.

Hysell: Is a helicopter in Peoria common sense?

8/28/2024
I am responding to your article “Touchdown in Peoria” in the August 2024 issue of Peoria Independent.

2024 Preps football preview: ALA-West Foothills

8/25/2024
At first blush, ALA-West Foothills’ football roster and its goals appear mutually exclusive. The Guardians have five seniors on their roster. And they want to play so well that the AIA is …

2024 Preps football preview: Estrella Foothills

8/24/2024
Mike Spencer feels like his Estrella Foothills program has already started to turn the corner. Now if the Wolves could showcase their progress by being selected to play in the postseason, he …