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

Many high school programs encourage students to volunteer in their community, reaching out beyond their classrooms. But NPR's Nancy Solomon reports that some experts worry the programs are sending an incomplete message about citizenship.

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.

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.

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

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.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, August 23, 2021. Our top story is about how it's national minority organ donation month and WCBU student reporter Valerie Vasconez talks with Gift of Hope and a Peoria mother. You'll also hear how when a former neuroscientist saw unmet needs in her Center Bluff neighborhood, she offered up her garage as a place where kids could gather safely and express themselves artistically. Three years later, that's grown into the Community House Network, offering everything from job skills training to 12-step addiction treatment programs for her neighborhood.