A host of changes, renovations and improvements are in store at Wildlife Prairie Park over the next year, topped by a $1.5 million addition of a 40-space RV campground along Taylor Lake on the park's west side.

Peoria’s NFW recently laid off employees as part of company restructuring — the third restructuring of this kind at the producer of plant-based plastic alternatives in as many years.

The Peoria Park District’s Owens Recreation Center is in the middle of a closure for some preliminary repairs ahead of a major necessary renovation in the years to come.

A young male giraffe has a new home at the Peoria Zoo.

The future of the popular PeoriaCorps career development service program is in jeopardy as the Trump Administration cuts funding for AmeriCorps.

The winners of this year’s Bradley University Big Idea competition are creating an augmented reality game they hope will eventually promote itself.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says there’s no concerns for nearby residents and businesses after a reported vandalism incident released thousands of gallons of water from a Peoria Disposal Company landfill.

Rapid expansion of AI sparks worries over environmental goals, electricity rate spikes

The City of Peoria has a new hauling contract for solid waste and recycling service as it looks to keep disposal costs affordable for the next 30 years.

The Peoria City Council approved donating a 20-year-old Peoria Fire Department engine, set to be rotated out of service this spring, to the not-for-profit U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine.