THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – Hundreds watch the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023 at Glen Oak Park in Peoria.
THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – Fireworks explode over Glen Oak Lagoon during the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023 at Glen Oak Park in Peoria.
THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – FireworkS light up the sky over the lagoon Monday, July 3, 2023 during the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Celebration at Glen Oak Park in Peoria.
THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – Bry Tompkins sports a 30-year-old felt hat as he and his wife Marilyn sing along to the national anthem performed by the Peoria Municipal Band during the 3rd of July Fireworks Spectacular on Monday, July 3, 2023 at Glen Oak Park in Peoria. Tompkins has attended the annual event every year for the past three decades.
THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – Decked out in red, white and blue wings and face paint, Janine Merheb, 5, of Ft. Wayne visiting relatives in Peoria, blows a stready stream of bubbles while waiting for the fireworks to start during the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023 at Glen Oak Park in Peoria.
THIRD OF JULY FIREWORKS – Brenton Fierce of Bellevue performs with his pod poi glow balls as the Peoria Municipal Band performs in the background during the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023 at Glen Oak Park in Peoria.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, second from right, raises a glass with Village Trustee Beth Khazzam, right, Hearth restaurant owner Hugh Higgins, left, Mayor Mike Phelan, second from left, and community development director Wayne Aldrich during a walking tour Thursday, July 6, 2023 through the Peoria Heights business district. Sorensen, a Democrat, represents Illinois’ 17th Congressional District which comprises much of Peoria and Peoria Heights and extending north and west to Quad-Cities and Rockford.
A homemade loft structure is surrounded by tarps, plastic sheeting and other items at a homeless encampment near the Landmark Recreation Center in Peoria.
Phoenix Community Development Services outreach specialist Jennifer Sexton, left, helps Terry Robinson fill out paperwork for low-income housing during a visit from the HOWIE mobile hygiene unit at a homeless encampment on IDOT land off Knoxville Avenue in Peoria.
Tiny cars and other toys lie amongst debris surrounding a homeless encampment near the Landmark Recreation Center in Peoria.
Tents and makeshift shelters sit under cover of tree branches at a homeless encampment off Knoxville Avenue in Peoria.
A discarded sign, presumably once held by a panhandler, lies in the bushes near a homeless encampment near Landmark Recreation Center in Peoria.
Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat poses on the PPS logo on the new turf of the renovated Peoria Stadium. The stadium is undergoing an $11 million-dollar renovation including new concrete visitors seating, new artificial turf on the field, a new track, an indoor sports dome in the north parking lot, and various other upgrades.
Rock and roll icon Ted Nugent plays guitar as Jason Hartless pounds the drums during Nugent’s show Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Peoria Civic Center Theater. Nugent is currently on his farewell tour Adios Mofo ’23.
Ted Nugent, left, jams with bass guitarist Johnny Schoen during Nugent’s performance Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Peoria Civic Center Theater. Nugent is currently on his farewell tour Adios Mofo ’23.
Rock and roll guitarist Ted Nugent holds up his well-worn guitar after a number Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Peoria Civic Center Theater. Nugent is currently on his farewell tour Adios Mofo ’23.
JD Beach of Philpot, Kentucky gets some air on the jump during the Progressive American Flat Track SC2 Peoria TT Mission SuperTwins Main Event motorcycle race Sunday, July 30, 2023 at the Peoria Motorcycle Club. Beach led the entire race to victory.
Spectators watch from the hillside as motorcycle riders battle it out in the Progressive American Flat Track SC2 Peoria TT motorcycle races Sunday, July 30, 2023 at the Peoria Motorcycle Club.
Max Whale (18) leads Kody Kopp (1), Tom Drane (59) and Trevor Brunner in the Parts Unlimited AFT Singles Al Lamb’s Dallas Honda Challenge during the Peoria TT races Sunday, July 30, 2023 at the Peoria Motorcycle Club. Whale won the race.
The sun shines off the first-place trophy as rider JD Beach, middle, celebrates his victory in the the Progressive American Flat Track SC2 Peoria TT Mission SuperTwins Main Event motorcycle race Sunday, July 30, 2023 at the Peoria Motorcycle Club. Beach led the entire race to victory. Briar Bauman, left, was second and Jared Mees was third.
