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Host Yolanda Wallace reflects on a 2015 story she wrote for The Traveler Weekly publication, about unsolved murders in Peoria.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Jody Holtz speaks with Megan and Jason Johnston, organizers of PeoriaCon 2023, Peoria’s premiere pop culture fest.

The Center for Prevention of Abuse is celebrating a grant from Ameren Illinois. The $25,000 Ameren Cares grant is being put to work in the center’s K-12…

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, January 17th. You'll hear from former U.S Attorney General Eric Holder, who was the keynote speaker at yesterday's annual Peoria Martin Luther King Junior luncheon. Plus, a new apprenticeship program for those 18 to 20 years old is rolling out at the Peoria Fire Department.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, June 17, 2021. Our top story is about the next chief of the Peoria Police Department bringing his policing philosophy to Peoria. You'll also hear about how Illinois isn't particularly a national outlier when it comes to Illinois Democrats pushing through new state legislative maps for the upcoming decade.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Our top story is about how some smaller cities around Peoria are trying to figure out how they want to use their share of American Rescue Plan funding. You'll also hear about how scientists at the Peoria Ag Lab have developed a method to convert bread into a useful compound.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Our top story is about how a grant of more than $100,000 will bring a dual-purpose community kitchen to Peoria's North Valley. You'll also hear from one Peoria County resident who thought the pandemic was overblown for political reasons until she and her family grappled with the virus themselves.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, July 8, 2021. Our top story is about how the Chillicothe Public Library is partnering with a national nonprofit to bridge Central Illinois' digital divide. You'll also hear from Alex Sierra, the youngest public official in Peoria. The 22-year-old is the newest member of the Peoria Park District Board of Trustees.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, November 18. Our top story delves into winter weather safety and the ins and outs of operating a snowplow. You’ll also hear about efforts to attract and expand the biomanufacturing and biotechnology industries in the Peoria area. WCBU’s Tim Shelley interviews Peoria BioMade's new executive director Vivian Standifird.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, August 6, 2021. Our top story is about how school district and community leaders are combining efforts to get more kids back in the classrooms on a regular basis. You'll also hear how OSF HealthCare is moving its new headquarters into a downtown Peoria building once destined to make way for the new Caterpillar world headquarters that never was. In some ways it's emblematic of healthcare supplanting heavy equipment as Peoria's leading industry. Tim Shelley speaks with OSF leadership about their rapid growth and why they plan to continue calling Peoria home.