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WCBU reporter Joe Deacon talks with new East Peoria Police Chief David Catton about his promotion and his plans for leading the department.

A portrait of OSF HealthCare's founding mother was badly damaged somewhere down the line. But art conservationists have healed that wound with some painstaking work.

A Chicago tax policy and research group is urging Illinois lawmakers to pass a full budget instead of "piecemeal" solutions in the final weeks of the…

After hearing some public opposition, council members divided on the redistricting process voted to deny new policy sessions before the map adoption vote on Feb. 22.

The Peoria City Council has approved a motion, on a 7-3 vote, to maintain the 2020 township tax levy — going against a township official's recommendation for an increase.

A ridership forecast conducted by engineering consultant Kimley Horn projected an average of 600 riders per day would utilize a passenger rail service running five daily round trips from downtown Peoria to Chicago's Union Station.

Scientists at the Peoria Ag Lab have improved upon their recipe for a better kitty litter. Now they just need to find a company interested in bringing it up to a commercial scale.

Nine percent of Peoria County children between ages 5 to 11 have received their first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.

Bill Poorman is a correspondent for WCBU. Contact Bill at wspoorm@ilstu.edu.