Hannah Alani
ReporterHannah Alani is a reporter at WCBU. She joined the newsroom in 2021. She can be reached at hmalani@ilstu.edu.
Hannah previously worked at Block Club Chicago, where she covered city politics, zoning and development, business, arts and culture. She covered the coronavirus pandemic's impact on Chicago businesses and was a two-time finalist for the city's Peter Lisagor Award for her coverage of the restaurant industry.
Before working in Chicago Hannah covered local and state news for the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. She was a James Reston Reporting Fellow at The New York Times in 2017.
Hannah studied journalism in her hometown at Indiana University. She affectionately tells Peorians that she grew up in "the other Bloomington." When she's not covering the news, she enjoys playing with her three cats, hiking, golfing, thrifting, trying new food and hanging out on her porch with family and friends. One of her favorite T-shirts says, "Midwest, Hell Yes."
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From 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, gun owners can anonymously trade their guns for $100 cash.
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Inspired by the loss of their classmates, five Peoria Public Schools seniors have co-authored a 50-page novella in which a young boy loses his older brother to gun violence.
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Blaustein visited Peoria on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Dr. James McGee says he's working weekends treating late-stage cancers detected during ER visits.
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Becky Rossman is the CEO of Peoria Community Against Violence. PCAV meets with families of victims in the immediate aftermath of a homicide, connecting them with resources at the outset of a tragedy. This is the second part of Rossman's interview with WCBU's Hannah Alani.
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The Cancer Institute is expected to open in early 2024, bringing proton beam therapy to downstate Illinois.
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The Peoria International Airport and CityLink are no longer enforcing masks.
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Celtic Woman performs Tuesday, April 19 at the Peoria Civic Center.
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Roasters at Leaves 'n Beans, CxT, and Thirty Thirty are juggling skyrocketing coffee prices with meeting consumer demand.
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The new facility will help to address the region's "catastrophic needs," UnityPoint's Dr. Keith Knepp said.