It’s hard to imagine Sam Kinison growing old and mellowing out. The infant Sam arrived in East Peoria nearly 62 years ago. That’s the minimum age to draw Social Security, a stage in life where few ...

This undated photo shows St. Patrick's church in Peoria. When the home of United Fellowship Ministries collapsed and was demolished in July, Peoria lost a tangible link to a candidate for sainthood.

A comedy legend with Tulsa ties, Kinison was laid to rest alongside family members at Memorial Park Cemetery, 5111 S. Memorial Drive, where his gravestone reads “In another time and place he would ...

The GOP reminds me of Sam Kinison. It has become the party of the primal scream. Students of stand-up comedy may remember Kinison, popular in the 1980s. He was a squat, heavy-set man, who stomped ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

When the home of United Fellowship Ministries collapsed and was demolished in July, Peoria lost a tangible link to a candidate for sainthood. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once served as assistant pastor ...