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How can the Greater Peoria region emphasize and improve the area's quality of life? That question was one of the big topics at last week’s Big Table gathering at the Peoria Civic Center.

City officials continue to celebrate a new mural on display in Peoria’s East Bluff. The public art initiative launched last month, featuring large…

East Peoria is looking to allow food carts in its new downtown area this spring. Peoria Public Radio’s Alex Rusciano reports the idea is to boost more…

Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of Feb. 2 through Feb. 4, 2024, 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.

More than 30-thousand bags of sand make up the flood wall that runs down the middle of Water Street on Peoria’s River Front. It’s part of efforts to keep…

As the fall harvest season arrives each year, the economic significance of agriculture in the Peoria area becomes highly visible. That’s a fact Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti has come to appreciate after growing up in suburban Los Angeles.

Peoria city leaders seem receptive to the notion of using small dwellings as temporary housing for unsheltered individuals, but they want more details before moving forward with necessary changes to building and zoning codes.

An outlet center on Peoria’s South Side is officially offering groceries next month. Peoria Public Radio’s Alex Rusciano reports the news comes after a…

Hispanic and Latinx people now account for more COVID-19 cases in Peoria County than Blacks. As of Wednesday, just over 30 percent of Peoria County's 406…

The 2022 Peoria City-County Racial Disparities Report issued last week, identifies areas of inequity in economic development, jobs, housing, child and youth development, mobility and transportation, justice, health and human services, information technology, environment and climate impacting Black residents of Peoria.