Cell phones can now be used by students only for instruction and only with the teacher's permission during class periods at Washington Community High School.

Boosting graduation rates, reducing chronic absenteeism, filling an overabundance of teacher vacancies. Those are among the accomplishments Sharon Kherat lists when asked what makes her proudest of her tenure as Peoria Public Schools superintendent.

Bruce Budde will serve as Illinois Central College’s interim president after Sheila Quirk-Bailey retires at the end of the calendar year.

The village of Morton and Morton School District agreed this month to evenly split the $215,000 cost of installing rapid flashing beacon lights at crosswalks in front of three district schools.

In her freshman track season at Bradley University, sprinter Carolina Martinez broke a 41-year-old school record in the 300-meter dash. Now, she’s building on her athletic success by sharing her story of recovery and resilience through an NIL partnership with Veloxity Labs.

Through two separate state grant awards, the City of Peoria is receiving $500,000 for a home repairs program and another $1.36 million to continue addressing auto-related crimes.

Superintendent Joe Sander's first board meeting since replacing the retired Craig Smock had a starkly different atmosphere.

Peoria Public Schools’ superintendent is stepping down after the upcoming school year.

A proposal for Peoria Public Schools to purchase a new walk-through metal detector system for the district’s three traditional high schools failed to gain board of education approval on Tuesday.

Bradley University is launching a new major.