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The City of Peoria is looking to revitalize the historic Wisconsin Avenue Business Corridor. Business people and area residents gathered at the East Bluff…

In today's episode, you'll hear from Equitable Cities CEO Charles Brown about how to make the River City easier to navigate for all modes of transportation. And learn about the latest start-up companies participating in gBETA's accelerator program through Distillery Labs. Plus, on Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Conductor David Commanday about the Heartland Festival Orchestra’s upcoming Beatles tribute concert “Classical Mystery Tour."

Bradley University President James Shadid says bold leadership will help the university and the Peoria community move forward as they face what he sees as “parallel challenges.”

At-large Peoria City Councilwoman Beth Akeson is looking for options when it comes to vicious dog behavior. She started the community conversation with a…

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…

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.

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

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.