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Four in Ten Positive COVID-19 Patients at Peoria Community-Based Sites Showed No Symptoms

More than four in ten people who tested positive for COVID-19 at one Peoria's three community-based testing sites were asymptomatic. Sharon Adams, CEO of…

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali speaks to East Bluff residents at the East Bluff Community Center.

Peoria mayor asks East Bluff residents to get involved in reducing violence

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali says the city is pushing forward on efforts to address the root causes of violence in the city's East Bluff neighborhood.

Peoria Players Heads "Home for the Holidays"

This week, we hear from Mary Keltner. She's directing "Home for the Holidays," which opens next weekend at Peoria Players Theatre. The production is a…

Why Are These Blighted Old Peoria Schools Still Dodging The Wrecking Ball? It's Complicated

Ten years after it closed, the crumbling old Harrison School still stands at 2702 W. Krause Ave. on Peoria's South Side. It wasn't supposed to be this…

Changes ahead for local emergency call centers

The Peoria County Emergency Telephone System Board is facing some changes to 911 dispatch centers before the end of this year. The monthly surcharge on…

Peoria students compete in Special Olympics

District 150 students with special needs competed in wheelchair races, running and shot-put events. It’s part of the second annual Special Olympics Spring…

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Former Peoria doctor given 5-year sentence for recording video of women in hospital restroom

A former neurosurgery resident in Peoria received a five-year prison sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to unauthorized videotaping.

Dream Center Peoria is one of the five organizations that received a piece of $700,000 in violence prevention funding from the City of Peoria late last year.

Peoria awarded $700,000 in violence prevention funding last year; here's how it's being used

Peoria is investing heavily in reducing gun violence and juvenile crime through the organizations that call the city home. In October, 12 organizations applied to receive money for violence prevention programs as part of a competitive application process.

Frigid weather leads to more school closures Thursday

WINTER WEATHER INFO (Thursday, January 8th) School closuresBartonville District 66, Canton District 66, Creve Coeur Dist 76, Deer Creek-Mackinaw District…

Trees hover over MacArthur Highway on Peoria's South Side as the traffic signal over the southbound lanes at the McBean Street intersection gives the green light to vehicles on the highway.

Peoria gears up for $10M road rehab project on MacArthur Highway

A long-sought rehabilitation of one of Peoria’s major South Side roadways will get underway in the next few weeks.

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