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The Peoria City Council is putting off any decisions on short-term rental regulation changes to the new year.

A $6 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development will be used to continue the health department's Lead Safe Program that provides inspections and lead removal for Peoria homes built prior to 1978, when the federal ban on lead paint went into effect.

A new state law now makes it easier for homeowners to remove racially restrictive covenants from property deeds, said Peoria County Clerk Rachael Parker.

Peoria County will allocate an additional $7.8 million to lock in a price for construction of the new Health and Human Services Campus.

Book banning is a subject that has seen an increase in attention all over the United States. Conversations about censorship aren’t new, however, the amount of books being challenged have reached surprising numbers.

The head of a relatively new Peoria nonprofit hopes a state grant of close to $1 million will spark investor interest in a proposed affordable housing development with a clean energy component on the city’s South Side.

The Hilton Hampton Inn will be built on land near the former Granite City restaurant and the Bob Michel Bridge.

Third-quarter home sales in the Peoria market dipped a little compared with last year, but increased over this year’s second quarter with inventory slightly on the rise.

Parents, neighbors, teachers and police officers cheered on students of Franklin Primary School as they entered the building on Wednesday.

Construction on the new Peoria County Health and Human Services campus could begin as soon as next month.