A Dark And Quiet Room

Citizen Journalism from your neighbors

• Local: Peoria-area woman discovers she?s a famous folk musicianAugust 20, 2008
  Sweetnote has the scoop.
  Billy Dennis
• Politics: Trial may have to be moved because of LyonsAugust 20, 2008
  From today’s Journal Star article about State’s Attorney Kevin Lyon’s press conference: [Accused rapist Monterius] Hinkle’s case is set for a pretrial conference later this week and trial next month. When reached by phone, his attorney, Kevin Lowe of the public defender’s office, said, ‘That’s my main concern. This is a case that has already garnered [...]
  Billy Dennis
• When you find a 2004 Chicago Cubs schedule?August 20, 2008
  …You need to clean out your desk more often.
  PeoriaIllinoisan
• For those of you who haven?t heard?August 20, 2008
  Crystal and I are expecting again. She is due in April. So, she’s feeling lousy, which is good news, because that means that the baby is doing well, but it’s bad news because she’s feeling lousy. For those of you keeping score at home, this will be number 6. Since I’m the oldest of five children, I [...]
  Seth Ben-Ezra
• We are a peculiar bunch, aren?t we?August 20, 2008
  I was surfing around the Maxim website today and stumbled upon this list of dumb things baseball fans get excited about. We’re all guilty, so don’t even pretend you’re not.
  mortonmalaise