He had nothing to say to me. He turned away.
All I had was his photo. The man in this photo was a complete mystery for months.
His photo haunted me.
Its stark nature was something I could not shake.

June is having an exceptional year, despite an economic downturn, said owner and executive chef Josh Adams.
The Peoria Heights restaurateur brags that in the past six months, the restaurant has had only five or six slow nights. 
“It has exceeded our expectations,” Adams said.

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At-large councilman Eric Turner was happy as he left a city budget open house at Woodruff High School this afternoon.
Turner was happy because he talked to a few Peoria citizens who felt raising taxes was an appropriate way to handle at least part of a looming $10 million city budget shortfall for 2010.
“I’m hearing that a tax increase is not something they are too concerned about,” Turner said. “They said, ‘Do what it takes.’”
 But, that sentiment is not one shared by 5th District councilman Dan Irving.

Glen Barton said this morning he thinks a charter school could help stem the tide of people moving out of, or avoiding living in Peoria.
“I think the district (District 150) will be a net winner. We believe this will attract back some of the students who left,” Barton, former chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, said.
Barton added, later, “It’s as simple as choice. The hospitals say it is hard for them to recruit people and get them to stay in Peoria because of the schools.”

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces, weather permitting, construction will begin on US 150 in Peoria and on US 24 in East Peoria starting Thursday.

The Peoria Public Library Board of Trustees will hold public meetings on July 9 and 11 to gather comments from the public on preliminary plans for the North Branch Library to be built on six acres in Medina Plains Corporate Park.