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Peoria Riverfront Museum 'Christmas in the Village' event gives students free trips to the museum

The event will benefit their Every Student Initiative, which organizes museum trips for central Illinois students.

Fans head toward the entrance gate behind home plate at Dozer Park in downtown Peoria.

IHSA moves Class 1A-2A baseball finals from Peoria to Champaign for the long term

The Illinois state high school baseball tournament isn’t coming back to Peoria’s Dozer Park for the foreseeable future.

Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas speaks at a veteran's memorial event at the Peoria County Courthouse in this Oct. 2020 file photo.

Appellate court rules Thomas has no ‘ascertainable right’ to hold Peoria County auditor's office

The decision on Thursday comes after voters overwhelmingly chose to eliminate the office in a November referendum.

FILE - A "For Rent" sign is displayed outside a building in Philadelphia, June 22, 2022. The cost of renting an apartment is easing after skyrocketing in recent years, though it remain painfully high for many Americans. The U.S. median rent rose 2.4% in January 2023 from a year earlier to $1,942, the lowest annual increase since June 2021, according to data from Rent, which tracks listings for apartment and rental houses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Proposed change positions down payment program to put Peoria rental properties in homeowner's hands

The Peoria City Council considers a substantial change to their home down payment assistance program this week.

An overhead rendering shows the location of the Par-A-Dice casino floor on a permanently moored barge on the Illinois River under Boyd Gaming's modified redevelopment plans presented to the Illinois Gaming Board.

Modified Par-A-Dice plan moves casino floor to a barge on the East Peoria side of the river

Boyd Gaming shifted its plans for redevelopment of the Par-A-Dice casino site in East Peoria, moving the casino floor to a permanently moored barge on the Illinois River.

A message to Peoria Public Radio donors about the potential data breach

Peoria Public Radio Programming Survey

Peoria-area yearly home sales fall 15%, still reach third-highest total

Although home sales in the Peoria area for 2022 fell sharply from the previous year, the market continues to thrive.

Quest Charter Academy makes case to Peoria school board for another 4-year agreement

Students, faculty, and the administration at Quest Charter Academy in Peoria made their case for renewing its agreement on Monday evening at Peoria Public Schools’ District 150 meeting.

For Peoria High Alum Victor Solomon, Performing On 'The Voice' Is A Dream Come True

A Peoria native is chasing his dreams on this season of NBC's "The Voice."Victor Solomon grew up singing for his friends, family, and church in…

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