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Peoria Mayor Rita Ali delivers her third State of the City address at Luthy Botanical Gardens on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The mayor touted the city's strong fiscal position and said Peoria is well-poised for future growth and prosperity.

'The flowers are blooming': Peoria Mayor Rita Ali says the city is well-positioned for growth in annual address

The city of Peoria's financial position is unusually strong in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a wave Peoria Mayor Rita Ali wants the city to ride to further growth.

In 1913, 'America's Sherlock Holmes' investigated the origins of the malicious postcards sent to a wealthy Peoria landowner

As Some School Districts Look To Remove Officers, Peoria Says It's Already Reform-Minded

Activists have added school resource officers to the larger conversation of police reform in the United States. Some call for the removal of police from…

Budget will only get worse if legislators don't act

A new report projects Illinois’ state budget will go from bad to worse if legislators don’t address some key issues. IPR’s Tony Arnold reports.If things…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference amid threats that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is threatening to oust Johnson from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson coming to Peoria for local GOP's annual fundraising dinner

The fundraiser regularly draws in big names in the national Republican Party, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Members of Richmond's family, including his sister Karen Smith (right) prepare to release six balloons for his 60th birthday.

On his 60th birthday, family and friends mourn Peoria man killed in police shooting

Family and friends gathered Tuesday afternoon at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Peoria to commemorate what would have been the 60th birthday of Samuel “Vincent” Richmond.

An aerial photo shows the baseball and softball diamonds and other athletic fields at the EastSide Centre Sports Complex in East Peoria.

East Peoria pursues $3M project to install turf at 2 more EastSide Centre fields

East Peoria will move forward on the next phase of a project to install synthetic turf on the EastSide Centre Sports Complex baseball and softball diamonds.

Central Illinois Friends executive director Deric Kimler, left, Peoria Proud board member River Russell and president Cassie Lucchesi, and Rural Equality Project executive director Zoey Carter are shown in photos taken in the WCBU master studio.

Anxiety, uncertainty grips Greater Peoria LGBTQ community heading into another Trump presidency

Greater Peoria’s LGBTQ community is anxious about what Donald Trump’s second presidency will mean for them.

A gavel rests on a judge's bench in a blurry courtroom. The text "WCBU Courts" sits on top of that photo.

Peoria woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for fatal DUI that killed electric bike rider

A Peoria woman was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday, after prosecutors said she struck and killed a man on an electric bike while she was driving under the influence of cannabis.

Bradley's first VP of diversity, equity, and inclusion plans to work not only on the Hilltop, but in the Peoria community

Dr. Warren Anderson will be Bradley University's first vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, fulfilling a goal set by President Stephen Standifird to emphasize that area of focus.

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