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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More than three months after officers and staff transferred to the new facility, the East Peoria Police Department held an official grand opening for its spacious new headquarters on Camp Street. -
The Susan G. Komen Central Illinois organization is moving its annual “More Than Pink” walk to a new Peoria location for the first time in more than four decades. -
The organization leading development plans for an outdoor amphitheater along the Peoria side of the Illinois River says it is forging ahead despite the death of its founder late last year. -
Artificial intelligence, remote operation and advanced safety systems are among the technological advancements Caterpillar is working to incorporate into its construction and mining equipment. -
A 26-year-old Peoria man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for an Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed one person and injured another at the former Taft Homes residential complex. -
As additions and improvements emerge throughout the Bradley University campus, the institution looks to place a renewed emphasis on homecoming weekend. The inaugural yard party Saturday on the Alumni Quad stands as the centerpiece for three days of homecoming festivities. -
Peoria Public Schools District 150 has adopted a tentative balanced budget for the 2027 fiscal year with revenues exceeding expenses by $5.3 million. -
New general manager Beau Sutherland presented the entertainment and convention complex’s latest annual report at the most recent Peoria City Council meeting, showing an adjusted gross income of $7.8 million. -
Construction is set to begin on a new $8.1 million water filtration plant in Peoria Heights, believed to be the largest public works project in the village’s history. -
The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in custody after a woman and an infant were killed Friday morning in an incident at the Royal Oaks Estates mobile home community.
