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Details: Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2013 14:28; Written by The Peorian

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An Antique Caterpillar Finds a New Home

Details: Published on Thursday, 01 November 2012 11:26; Written by Kevin Kizer

On a warm July morning, as workers were starting their day in the cavernous new Caterpillar Visitors Center that was still under construction, amidst the general clamor of hammers and buzz saws, a small, unassuming gray Caterpillar tractor was unloaded by a forklift off a trailer.

Even though this machine was dwarfed by its environment – particularly the Center's replica of a Cat® 797 Mining Truck, which serves as a 70-person theater...

Episode 46: Climate change: A chat with meteorologist Chuck Collins

Details: Published on Sunday, 29 July 2012 08:00; Written by The Peorian

An interview with Chuck Collins, chief meteorologist for WEEK-TV and WHOI-TV, about whether climate change and global warming are real.

We introduce the show's topic,...

Celebrating the Holidays in Style

Details: Published on Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:14; Written by Paul Gordon

From a flotilla of floating floats to a train to an oversized sleigh, Santa Claus has been arriving in Peoria in grand fashion for 125 years. He doesn't look like he's aged a bit.

The annual Peoria Santa Claus Parade, which has the distinction of being the oldest continuously running Santa Claus parade in the United States, is one of the top ways in which the Peoria region rings in the holiday season.

But...