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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, a Chevrolet Bolt charges at an Electrify America site outside Colorado Mills outlet mall in downtown Lakewood, Colo. Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada. The expansion will include 1,800 fast-charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers by 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Charging Stations Must Become Easier To Find As Illinois Strives To Get More Electric Vehicles On The Road, IDOT Secretary Says

Governor JB Pritzker is setting an ambitious goal to get a million electric vehicles on Illinois roadways by 2030. To make that happen, state transportation secretary Omer Osman says a massive build-out of charging stations is needed - and fast.

Solar Advocates Irked By Rollback of Key Energy Credit

Until last week, Ameren Illinois credited solar panel users at night for delivering excess energy generated by sunshine. But a new policy removes a credit…

The Peoria International Airport has been awarded a $15 million federal grant to construct a new air traffic control tower.

PIA receives $15M federal grant for a new air traffic control tower

Gene Olsen thinks the Peoria International Airport resolved “an existential issue” on Thursday with the announcement of a $15 million federal grant to build a new air traffic control tower.

A $24.6 million rehabilitation of the Bob Michel Bridge gets underway this weekend. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic starting Monday and the closure is expected to last until November.

Drivers urged to be patient as the Bob Michel Bridge project begins

Motorists in the Greater Peoria area will have to contend with construction work on several Illinois River bridges this summer, most notably a $24.6 million renovation of the Bob Michel Bridge.

Three cats lounge on a platform attached to a window of the River Kitty Cat Cafe in Peoria.

River Kitty Cafe finds homes for dozens of adoptable cats

Almost six months in, Peoria's River Kitty Cafe is purring right along. The combination coffee shop/cat cafe has found a forever home for dozens of furry friends.

Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, from right, Pamela Denise Long,

GOP Senate candidates make case for conservative replacement for Durbin

Republicans Don Tracy, Casey Chlebek and Pamela Denise Long participated in a candidate forum broadcast Thursday on WTVP and presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Bradley University issues all clear after bomb threat puts campus on lock down

Bradley University has issued an all clear two hours after a bomb threat forced a campus lock down.

Ill. Chef To Make Gigantic Green Bean Casserole

Mark Shoopman is into green beans. The Illinois chef is cooking 270 pounds of beans and 75 pounds of onions. His goal, according to WMBD in Peoria, is the largest green bean casserole in Central Illinois.

Smoke billows from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

From The Archives: WCBU's News Coverage From September 11, 2001

We took a deep dive into the Peoria Public Radio archives to bring you just a few of the stories from that harrowing chapter in our nation's history.

Peifer/Runyon 11/10/2021

Today’s programming is made possible in part by WCBU Day Sponsors Mary Peifer and Jim Runyon who are celebrating their forty-second wedding anniversary. Jim and Mary love WCBU and encourage you to support Peoria Public Radio. Learn how you can become a WCBU Day Sponsor.

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