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In today's episode, you'll hear about the Elite Re-Entry program at the Peoria County Jail. And learn how the portrait of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center's founding mother was restored. Also, an update on the status of one western Illinois newspaper owned by the Peoria Journal Star's parent company. Plus, why many rural communities are putting a lot of their hopes for the future into the growing remote workforce.

In today's episode, you'll hear from state veterinarian Dr. Mark Ernst with the Illinois Department of Agriculture regarding the latest on avian flu. Plus, WCBU correspondent Hannah Alani takes a trip to Vivir Wellness, Peoria's first business to offer Cryotherapy, to hear more about the practice and its benefits. And you'll get a preview on plans for a new regional health and wellness center serving rural Peoria, Fulton, and Knox counties.

On today’s episode, WCBU correspondent Steve Tarter interviews Melody Warnick, the author of "This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are". The book is the Peoria Public Library's selection for the "Peoria Reads" program this year. And during another installment of WCBU’s food and farming series Food Trek, hot Tory Dahlhoff brings you a story about a pilot project at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria which aims to incorporate local organic food into its menu. Plus, you’ll revisit a conversation with WCBU’s Hannah Alani and Louis Tylka, the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria.

On today's episode: OSF HealthCare is in the process of building out a $237 million Cancer Institute, where the proton beam gun will take center stage. Plus, how 3-D modeling is already helping cancer patients in Peoria, but what's needed to make it go mainstream. And an interview with U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth about the new defense bill.

Peoria’s fire stations will continue to serve as warming centers as bitterly cold temperatures move into the area this week. The service is offered 24…

The Peoria Health Care Coalition is talking about the future of health insurance coverage, prompted by concerns about a possible repeal or replacement of…

In today's episode, you'll hear what to expect from OSF's new Breakthrough Treatment Center. And, you'll hear how a Morton park has been become a major destination for disc golfers. Plus, Steve Tarter takes a look back at the earliest days of television with local author Alan Morton.

On today's episode, the Peoria-based Center for Youth and Family Solutions looks to build an army of volunteers to help during COVID-19. Plus, hear from the authors of a new book about implicit bias in education. And you'll meet Josh Osborn, the Navy veteran turned ecologist who leads the waterfowl aerial inventories from the Forbes Biological Station in Havana.

Peoria is once again an All-America City thanks to a local group. The Peoria Chamber’s Young Professionals Organization of Greater Peoria made the…

Veterans, local civic leaders and community members joined in celebrating Peoria’s new Patriot Plaza historic memorial Sunday during a dedication ceremony at Springdale Cemetery.