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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.

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.

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…

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and other stakeholders in the passenger rail project met virtually last week with officials from the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Highway Administration.

In this episode of Mother's War on Violence, host Yolanda Wallace talks to Peoria County Clerk Rachael Parker about her son's unsolved murder, and how playing cards can raise awareness of unsolved cases.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois speaks with Nikki Romain, executive director of ART Inc., about the upcoming "That’s What She Said" event, taking place March 1 at the Romain Arts & Culture Center.

Bob Gordon has seen plenty of change since he opened his comic book store in 1991.