Search results for

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Our top story is about how technology instructors at one local high school believe a state e-sports competition will validate the benefits of gaming. You’ll also hear from seven-year-old Amelia Ly. She is perhaps Peoria's youngest piano virtuoso. But she's also a voracious reader and a lover of science. Ly recently sat down with WCBU's Tim Shelley to talk about her passions.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, October 14, 2021. Our top story is about Peoria Grown opening its second Market 309 location on the Bradley University campus this week. You’ll also hear how a new report on the state strategy to reduce nutrient runoff shows mixed results. Kris Reynolds of the American Farmland Trust spoke with Charlie Schlenker about why the Illinois nutrient loss reduction strategy hasn't made much progress since its 2015 launch.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Our top story is about how residents of Taft Homes and concerned activists are continuing to demand better housing conditions. You’ll also hear how before Rob Fromberg became a writer and teacher, he was a 19-year-old from Peoria abruptly thrust into the role of full-time caretaker for his younger brother. That relationship is the focal point of Fromberg's new memoir, How to Walk with Steve. He recently spoke with Tim Shelley about the book.

After years of development, the first families are settling into new units of subsidized housing at Peoria’s Providence Pointe.

AccessA Washington parking ban remains in effect for the areas heavily damaged by last month's tornado from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. until further notice.…

UPDATED 2;45 P.M. TUESDAY | The South Side Mission will close its shelter for women experiencing housing insecurity in the coming days.The Rev. Craig…

Peoria County regional superintendent of schools Beth Crider says her office’s efforts to reduce truancy are producing results.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Our top story is about the Peoria Public Schools reopening…

The former St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood soon will be home to a new ministry. Centerpoint Community Church Pastor Brian Russell hopes to carry St. Bernard’s spiritual legacy forward.

Local blood collection workers at the American Red Cross say the organization needs to beef up safety and worker protections during the COVID-19…