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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The Peoria Fire Department says an overnight blaze at the shuttered KFC restaurant on Western Avenue in West Peoria was set intentionally, with damage estimated at $500,000. -
The Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed charges against two men allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy Wednesday in the West Bluff neighborhood. -
A Peoria man convicted of shooting his girlfriend and leaving her in a roadside ditch near Brimfield in 2021 has been sentenced to a total of 65 years in prison. -
A weekend confrontation between Peoria Police officers trying to assist a gunshot victim and a crowd of more than 50 bystanders has led to multiple arrests, prompted a statement from the mayor, and drawn scrutiny from a civil rights organization. -
Peoria police have arrested two people on charges of aggravated arson and endangering the life or health of a child following an apartment fire Tuesday night. -
A Peoria County jury returned guilty verdicts in the trial of a 17-year-old for his involvement in a June shooting on Peoria’s South Side that left another man dead.
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A national gaming, entertainment and tech festival is coming to downtown Peoria beginning next year, with organizers expecting to attract tens of thousands of guests. -
The City of Peoria’s proposed financial plan for 2026 sees the property tax rate virtually unchanged from the current fiscal year, but a $3 million overall budget imbalance has some city council members suggesting spending cuts. -
Peoria police are investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy early Wednesday. -
With public transit systems around Chicagoland and across Illinois approaching a fiscal cliff, proposed legislation in Springfield would provide financial assistance to more than 50 downstate agencies.
