Groups of Peoria high school students heard about the growing importance of artificial intelligence technology as it relates to workforce development during a panel discussion Monday at Distillery Labs.

The $1 million allocation will enable the university to install advanced equipment needed to make the Zaleski Drop Tower housed in the Business and Engineering Convergence Center fully operational.

The Tazewell County clerk’s office is making it easier to find information in certain historical documents by using artificial intelligence.

Emily Dawson, a Peoria Public Schools teacher who also advises an afterschool research club as she pursues a third master’s degree at Western Illinois University, received a $10,000 Chocolate History grant from Mars, Inc., for a project examining cacao grown in Hawaii.

Organizers are anticipating more than 4,000 eighth-grade students from across Central Illinois for this week’s ninth Greater Peoria CareerSpark expo at the Peoria Civic Center.

Clients of the Peoria nonprofit organization EPIC have some advanced new tools to help them gain employment skills.

The world-renowned oceanographer famous for leading the team that located the wreckage of the Titanic 40 years ago will visit Peoria this week to discuss that historic finding.

For its second TEDx event, Bradley University will bring together a group of speakers next week to discuss approaches for seeking innovative solutions to social challenges.

Following his death in February 2024, the nonprofit Will Kenny Foundation was established in his memory to benefit educational programs in Central Illinois. The group has provided three scholarships so far, and now it’s hoping to do even more.

A Facebook group providing frequent reports on weather events in Central Illinois has gained traction.