I don't suffer from allergies, so I don't understand what allergies are like — especially the one so many Peorians seem to have toward forward thinking.
The morning of Jan. 26, I read something that truly frightened me, and got me thinking about this allergy.

Mayor Jim Ardis, while celebrating last night at Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy's victory party, said McCoy's opponent Vince Wieland got caught up in negative campaigning. Ardis said that may well have been a factor in Wieland's defeat. 

Bradley University student Louis Amberg covered the Kate Gorman - candidate for 10th Judicial Circuit judge - election night party.

He reports due to the closeness of the result with Michael Risinger the possibility of Gorman asking for a recount exists.

Lucas Woith, a conservative Republican, weighs in with his own perspective on the results of yesterday's election, commenting on both the statewide and area races.

Find his thoughts in the opinions section. Send us your own at dbartels@timestoday.com and we will add those too.

Dr. Norm Durflinger, interim superintendent of District 150, responded this afternoon to the question "Why is District 150 reluctant to run like a business?"

Peoria native and feminist movement icon Betty Friedan will be honored Feb. 4, her date of birth and death, at an event at the Lakeview YWCA. Feb. 4, Friedan’s birthday, is rapidly approaching.