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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, August 27, 2021. Our top story is about how as cars and trucks move towards electric power in the 21st century, it may surprise some to know that Central Illinois had one of the finest electric transportation systems in the country throughout the first half of the 20th century. You’ll also hear how for many residents of Peoria's southside, grocery shopping is extremely difficult. The 61605 zip code has been considered a food desert since 2018. But things are about to change. In interviews with WCBU reporters Hannah Alani and Joe Deacon, South Side residents and community leaders celebrated the news of a new grocery store in the works.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, September 13, 2021. Our top story is about how a quartet of Illinois River communities hope people make the 52-mile loop this weekend for the first "Bridge to Bridge" River Drive Festival. You’ll hear from the festival organizers. You’ll also hear about how when your business plan was all about brewing up a closer community, what do you do when that community has to stay outside? That was the situation many Peoria-area coffee shops found themselves in during the worst of the pandemic. Steve Tarter checks in with a few to see how they're doing now.

State and federal lawmakers are celebrating the relative success of recent criminal justice reforms. But they admit there’s still a long way to go.Senator…

A startling turn of events stirred an emotional scene in what was expected to be a pretty mundane hearing in Peoria County Court Thurs. Peoria Public…

Male and female bodies were pulled from Spoon River near Route 78, just north of Laura sometime after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. It ends a two-day exhaustive…

Kids have the opportunity to explore career options this weekend with the Peoria Park District.

Patrons of several Peoria establishments this month might encounter a brightly-colored cardboard box, accompanied by a small paper replica of a church.The…

The Illinois Supreme Court will fully fund the salaries of county probation officers for the first time in over a decade.Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier…

Three Central Illinois cannabis dispensaries plan to open New Year's Day as the state's new recreational marijuana law goes into effect. But you might not…