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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.

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.

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.

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

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats about the many activities you can enjoy indoors at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria during the coldest months of the year.

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.

Here are 4 things to do for the weekend of Dec. 22 through Dec. 31, 2023, curated by WCBU's Meagan Ruger-Smith. You can find more coverage on our Out & About - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WCBU's Weekend Fanfare email newsletter, which goes out every Friday.

You’ve likely seen the videos, someone gets a bucket of ice-water poured over their head and then challenges a friend or family member to do the same.…

It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and to celebrate, the dispatchers manning the phones 24 hours a day at the Peoria Emergency Communications Center opened its doors to spotlight the technology and people making fast emergency response possible.