Joe Deacon
ReporterJoe Deacon is a reporter at WCBU and WGLT. Contact Joe at jdeacon@ilstu.edu.
An Illinois State University graduate, Joe previously spent 18 years with The Pantagraph in Bloomington in various roles ranging from copy editor to sports reporter and assistant sports editor. He transitioned to radio with eight months as a reporter for WSOY in Decatur.
Joe was born and raised in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and is an avid White Sox fan. He also enjoys movies and video games (still, even at his age).
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Bradley University President James Shadid says bold leadership will help the university and the Peoria community move forward as they face what he sees as “parallel challenges.” -
Plans to convert a vacant former mental health facility and homeless shelter near the south end of Peoria’s Warehouse District into a 12-bedroom halfway house for parolees are on hold for at least three weeks. -
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says he’d like to see the power of drawing congressional district maps given to the citizens. -
A third person has entered a guilty plea in connection with a foiled 2024 robbery in South Peoria that resulted in the fatal shooting of one of the robbers. -
Peoria residents now have another way to report non-emergency incidents and certain crimes through a new online platform. -
A 21-year-old Peoria man has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for a 2022 shooting that took the life of a 15-year-old boy. -
Third-quarter home sales in the Peoria market dipped a little compared with last year, but increased over this year’s second quarter with inventory slightly on the rise. -
Airports in Peoria and Bloomington say there will be impacts to their facilities from a federally-ordered reduction in airline flights at key airports around the country. -
A coalition of mayors from communities along the Illinois River is working to protect the waterway and grow its economic opportunities. -
A Peoria man was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for shooting another man multiple times in the back at a Center Bluff gas station in 2023.
