Although she claims her life hasn’t always been so hectic, 2010 was quite a busy year for Jessica Schone.
In May, the hair stylist of six years signed a lease for the space that would soon be her own salon. In June, she gave birth to her son, Rio. By August, after only one week to prepare, the salon was open for business.
“I just felt like it was a year of new beginnings,” she said. “Honestly, I feel like I love what I do so much that it just came easy.”
What started out as a “funny name,” has stuck with one local running group and is inspiring and empowering mothers across Central Illinois.
At many local races the group of runners can be found wearing matching technical shirts, often pink, which read “Hot Mamas,” on the front, and “Run Like a Mother,” on the back.
After the first Festival of Lights 26 years ago, an idea popped into East Peorian Jan Borror’s head.
“I said, ‘I think we need a Queen Pageant. Every festival has a queen,” said Borror, coordinator of the FOL Queen Pageant until 2004.
Gems of the Prairie Quilter Chris Venzon said she began quilting after her grandmother died, leaving her quilting materials.
“I took a class and got the bug,” Venzon said.
Paul Feaster was a man of few words Thursday as he was pushed in his wheelchair sporting Chicago Cubs baseball gear.
At age 77 and a hospice patient at Fondulac Rehab and Healthcare, he was granted a lifelong wish of seeing a live Cubs game in the Windy City.
Friday was a celebration of birthdays at EastSide Centre’s track — birthdays celebrating years of surviving cancer and birthdays honoring years of fundraising efforts.
For East Peoria’s Relay For Life team Geri’s Angels, members celebrated their sixth birthday.
From experience, George and Darlene Herrman of East Peoria know good things come in small packages. And on April 23, they received three in one day
At 7:22 a.m., the Herrman’s daughter-in-law, Emily Herrman, gave birth to the couple’s eighth grandchild, a boy named Caden James who weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.
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The word “mother” has many definitions — one being “a woman who has given birth to a child.”
But for one Creve Coeur woman, this definition will soon take on a whole new meaning.
I would like to wish my wife, Jolene Scholl, a happy Mother’s Day this year. This is our third year of marriage together. I love her more and more every day. I am currently serving in the United States Army, 3rd Infantry Division. I am deployed to Afghanistan. This is our second deployment together.
Nicole Danielson, of Peoria, and her son, Emerson Standing Yellow Horse, 6 months, sing and dance to the drums Saturday at the first ever Mother Earth Healing Day.
Hosted by Native American Fellowship Dayspring Church’s Turtle Lodge Community, the event included a variety of speakers and traditional ceremonies to honor Mother Earth.
Angela Blackman, director of TAPS, gives tips on what people should do before adopting a pet at the shelter.
The standard registration fee for the 25th annual Peoria Komen Race for the Cure is $30 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under, but many are finding ways to raise thousands more.
Linda Maricle, executive director of the race, said her goal for the Peoria area is to double last year’s efforts and bring in $2 million for this year’s event at the Metro Centre May 8.
Pedal by pedal and stride by stride, this father and daughter duo had been racing for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society long before cancer affected them personally.
“After the first time I did the race, it was such an amazing experience,” said East Peorian Steve Cline, who completed his sixth Century Ride in September. “It really was a neat, fulfilling experience, so I’ve been doing it every year since.”
Washington Skateland, Bill Maher’s Drugstore, the Oliver Thomas Park and Mr. Quick are just a few of the places people are reminiscing about on the Facebook page “I grew up in Sunnyland.”
The page was created by Sunnyland native Cindy Donigian-Miller.
Churning their own
Abigail Hagan, 7, of East Peoria, shakes a container of heavy whipping cream into homemade butter Saturday afternoon at the Fondulac District Library during an American Girl Program.
The program featured the popular book character Kristen, a pioneer girl. The program runs two times a year at the library and features a new American Girl character. About 25 girls took part in the 1850s’-inspired activities.
Ali Williams used to have trouble finding time to fit in workouts and think about healthy eating.
The Eureka College student currently holds two part-time jobs, but with her July wedding fast approaching, she decided it was time to shed a few pounds.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, East Peoria is gearing up for the holiday celebrated for love.
Whether finding the special flowers, music album or making those perfect romantic plans, there is a great deal of preparation that goes into this one day.
On Thursday, despite the frigid temperature, Glendale School students were flushed and sweaty.
The third through fifth graders participated for the third year in a row in Jump Rope 4 Heart, an American Heart Association program.
