Ryan Denham

The engineering team at WCBU is installing our new broadcast automation system — the engine under the hood that powers that mix of local journalism and NPR programming you enjoy every day. We think WCBU's new automation system will improve the quality and reliability of our broadcast.

WCBU is making some changes to our events calendar and on-air announcements that we hope will make it easier for community groups to connect with our audience.

One young person was killed and another was injured in a spate of shootings overnight on Peoria's south side.

A 22-year-old woman was pronounced brain dead Sunday after being shot inside a Dunlap apartment — allegedly by the father of her children.

Former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi faces new legal jeopardy Thursday as he returns to federal court, with prosecutors alleging he broke the terms of his bond by doing meth and violated an order by using confidential documents from his criminal case in a civil lawsuit.

The Pekin Electoral Board voted Friday to remove mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd from the ballot, the latest twist in a deepening fracture among city leadership.

The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting “criminal and civil investigations” into Reditus Labs’ billing and contracting practices and also presumably former CEO Aaron Rossi, according to a new court filing that suggests a broadening probe into the COVID-19 testing giant.

Authorities have released a few more details about a crash this week that killed one person in rural Morton.

A 20-year-old Pekin man now faces murder charges after the man he allegedly beat up died from his injuries.