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PEORIA -- A five-year-old boy died Friday after drowning in an apartment complex pool.Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Peoria police officers were…

All after-school activities are canceled at six Peoria schools amid today's unrest.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Kristan McKinsey of the Fine Arts Society of Peoria about the upcoming lecture "How Graphic Novels Became an Art Form for Everyone (Really)."

A Peoria teen arrested by police on Monday is the third suspect in the shooting death of a 20-year old man.

The Heart of Illinois United Way kicked-off its annual fundraising campaign. Hundreds of people turned out for the breakfast at the Peoria Civic Center.…

Convalescent plasma therapy is showing some early signs of success as a COVID-19 treatment.Dr. Teresa Lynch is interim department chair of internal…

Boosting graduation rates, reducing chronic absenteeism, filling an overabundance of teacher vacancies. Those are among the accomplishments Sharon Kherat lists when asked what makes her proudest of her tenure as Peoria Public Schools superintendent.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Elizabeth Klise, executive director of the Peoria Historical Society, about a new exhibition entitled "Joseph Petarde: Maestro of Stone," on view Oct. 1-28 at Peoria Public Library’s Main Library.

The Peoria Public Schools board of education has approved a $50,000 contract with a consultant to develop a "Career Pathways" program at Manual High School.

Peoria's struggles with violence often start at home. But rather than looking at the issue as strictly a law enforcement problem, Peoria's violence should also be tackled as a public health crisis. That was the main takeaway at Thursday's meeting.