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Labor roundup: Strike causing trouble at Illinois State

ISU’s unionized buildings, grounds and dining-services workers went on strike April 8 after 30 bargaining sessions over ...
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Bill Knight: Poetry and journalism?

The two make for a unique mix that fits the commentary in today's society; There are distinctions, of course: uses of words, ...
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Seniors group scores federal lawmakers

Senators Duckworth, Durbin earn perfect scores by Alliance for Retired Americans; LaHood, Miller earn zeros in regard to ...
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Peoria Party: Expedition organized in River City blazed the Oregon Trail

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Peorian Oliver Mack offers some insight into ‘Winning Time’

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In Detweiller, who trusts? WCBU reports O’Brien Steel vows to protect riverfront; neighbors alarmed by land sale

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Chemical trespass

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Inland Art: Digital backpack

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Op-Ed: Zionism — two states, two peoples living side by side

A response to the letter by the Harveys (Community Word, February, 2026): 1. Judaism is a religion from which both Christianity and Islam derive. However, it is more than a religion. Judaism is also a ...
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5 questions for Leslie Danage

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Paul Gordon: These bumps are very much thanks to President Trump

During the previous administration many of us tired of hearing a sarcastic “Thanks Biden” every time gas prices went up. Then during the first year of Trump Part Duh we heard “Thanks Trump” when gas ...
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Nature Rambles: Virginius Huber Chase — ramble man of our land

When I was first invited to contribute to The Community Word more than a decade ago, I found myself pondering a simple yet profound question: “What kind of writer am I going to be?” The answer, as it ...