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The June unemployment rate for the Peoria metropolitan area climbed almost a full percent over the previous month, but still fell significantly from a year ago.

Mayor Rita Ali says she stands by Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria in his high-profile public approach to handling some recent controversial events.

The City of Peoria is enacting an updated prohibition of public nuisance gatherings, giving police the authority to disperse crowds when individuals are engaged in unlawful activities.

Foster Village Peoria first began a little over a year ago with three foster parents working to provide extra support for foster parents.

Four central Illinois communities will share more than $400,000 in federal housing money to help families with job-training, education and more. The U.S.…

In the first of many scheduled special policy sessions, Peoria City Council members will decide what new map configuration will represent Peoria this decade.

Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich discusses the budget outlook and process, as well as strategic planning, in his latest regular monthly interview with WCBU.

On this week’s Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois is joined by William Butler, executive director of the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, who talks about the upcoming 'St. Valentine’s Live at the Five Spot' featuring the legendary jazz vocalist Judy Page.

Clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine are underway in Peoria.At an event hosted virtually Wednesday by the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce,…

The Peoria Fire Department is unsure when the Chase Bank building in downtown Peoria will reopen following a water main leak that damaged the fire suppression system.