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Two children are dead and six others were hospitalized in a two-vehicle collision just outside of Peoria on Sunday.

Newly formed citizens group Peoria Community Against Violence met for the first time Tuesday at the downtown Peoria library. The new volunteer group is…

On today’s episode, you’ll hear how a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion foreshadows the nation's high court overturning a half-century of abortion protections. WCBU’s Tim Shelley speaks with Planned Parenthood of Illinois president and CEO Jennifer Welch about the latest Supreme Court news. And Patrick Smith reports on how Illinois government is failing to tap into a stockpile of available anti-violence dollars. Plus, Bradley University assistant economics professor Colin Corbett visits the WCBU studios to explain the Federal Reserve's interest rate calculus.

In today's best of episode, you'll hear from the two Republican candidates running in the June GOP primary election on the 28th. Incumbent state representative Mark Luft, who is also the mayor of Pekin, is facing challenger Travis Weaver, son of former state senator Chuck Weaver, in this months primary election in the redrawn 93rd house district. And Chicago Tribune's Jennifer Smith Richards and ProPublica's Jodi Cohen talk about what they have discovered about how school districts in Illinois are using police and municipal ordinances to fine students for their misbehavior.

On today's episode, a new soccer team makes its debut in Peoria. A new episode of Food Trek takes a trip to Logan County. And a new installment of Out & About previews the Sculpture Walk opening day.

On today's episode, you'll hear more background on the dispute in the Peoria City Council over violence-interruption funding. Plus, our fourth story in a series on mental health, focused on the LGBTQ population. And a preview of this weekend's Pride festival.

Area small and medium-sized businesses can hear free monthly presentations on ways to grow their outreach. Bradley University's Turner Center for…

Dr. Richard Olson is a Peoria chiropractor who’s also a pulp magazine fan. Olson has written several books involving Nick Stihl, Private Investigator.

Frederick Douglass, the renowned reformer, writer and orator, was well known in 1870. The former slave was probably the most famous African American of…

Whether you are brand new to the Peoria area and showing off your home for the first time, or have been here for decades, it can be stressful to host out-of-town friends and family in your home during the holidays. What can be even more panic-inducing is finding ways to entertain them if they're here for an extended stay.