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Retired meteorologist Chuck Collins to teach broadcasting class at Bradley (opens the original)
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After 50 years in broadcasting on radio and television, Chuck Collins retired in late 2025. But the former WMBD and WEEK meteorologist is still busy, including teaching this October at Bradley University's Osher Life Long Learning Institute. "A lot of the attendees are Baby Boomers, like me, so we will revisit not just my career, but the history of Peoria media as well. There will be lots of great questions, I'm sure," said Collins. Collins, who grew up in nearby Marquette Heights, said he alway
Catholic Diocese of Peoria expects 50,000 people to attend Fulton Sheen beatification (opens the original)
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, an El Paso native who attended high school in Peoria, is receiving attention from the worldwide Catholic church. Sheen, who was also ordained and served in Peoria, will be beatified at a mass on Sept. 24 in St. Louis. Beatification is the penultimate step to being canonized by the Pope and becoming recognized as a saint. Sheen, who died in 1979, became widely known as one of the first users of media on a grand scale. He hosted a radio show, The Catholic Hour, from 193
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