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Buddy Guy kicked off his Damn Right Farewell tour this week with shows in Minneapolis and Iowa City. The 86-year old blues legend stops in Peoria to play the Civic Center Theater Saturday night.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Crittenton Centers in Peoria are planting pinwheels to raise awareness.

In today's episode, you'll hear from the Illinois Humanities executive director Gabrielle Lyon about the insights the COVID-19 pandemic offered for the humanities. And OSF HealthCare's Dr. John Vozenilek explains how the pandemic forced the Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center to quickly adapt to respond with new innovations. Plus, Bradley University athletics director Chris Reynolds provides an update on the state of the university's sports programs.

Residents at the downtown Peoria Glen Oak Towers high-rise were evacuated this morning as a fire broke out on the fourth floor.

On today’s episode, UnityPoint Health’s regional president and CEO Dr. Keith Knepp tells WCBU’s Tim Shelley how UnityPoint plans to convert the former Heddington Oaks nursing home into a major behavioral health treatment center for children and adolescents. And today is Dr. Ngozi Ezike's last day leading the Illinois Department of Public Health. Illinois Public Radio's Alex Degman looks back at the tenure of the IDPH’s outgoing director. Plus, WCBU's Hannah Alani talks one-on-one with the Catholic Diocese of Peoria's Bishop Lou Tylka about his new leadership role.

The Peoria City Council has approved the purchase of property along SW Washington Street for $250,000 for the project.

Illinois was a free state in the decades before the American Civil War, but that doesn't mean it was always friendly to anti-slavery sentiment.

In preparation for the grand opening of a physical office space downtown, the Peoria Innovation Alliance has updated its strategic plan and redesigned its website.

On today’s episode, you’ll hear from the director of the Center for Cybersecurity at Bradley University, Jacob Young. He tells WCBU student reporter Justin Hill that cyber-attacks would be an unlikely, but possible method for Russia to use to retaliate against the U.S. for any real or perceived interference in its conflict with Ukraine. And Brian Ludwig, the managing editor of the independently owned monthly Peoria publication, Community Word delves into Illinois’ shifting rules and regulations around placing a bet on a sporting event with WCBU’s Tim Shelley. Plus, during Out and About host Jenn Gordon of Arts Partners of Central Illinois talks to Bradley University Theatre Department Chair Scott Kanoff and student director Maggie Sullivan about their unique and timely production of Antigone.

PMP Fermentation Products is a company with some 50 employees operating on the Peoria riverfront, overlooking a public housing project and the RiverPlex…