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No 'Hands-On,' No Field Trips: Riverfront Museum Adapting To COVID-19 Realities

This is the second of two stories exploring how the Peoria Riverfront Museum has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. This story was produced in partnership…

Q&A: Kim Blickenstaff Sees 'InterPlay Park' As A Green Bridge Reconnecting Downtown to North Valley

Developer Kim Blickenstaff believes President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan offers a unique opportunity to create new green space to bridge the gap…

'Food is probably the biggest one right now': PPS works to meet needs of unhoused students

Peoria Public Schools currently has 326 children who are identified as homeless.

Latest COVID Relief Bill Is 'Shot in the Arm' For Local Government

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed through Congress along party lines and signed into law by President Joe Biden last week is welcome…

The City of Peoria's Flexible Rent Program helps unhoused people find a home in apartments like this one, owned by local landlords who work with the program for incentives. A two story house with yellow siding is surrounded by green grass and trees.

Struggling Peorians find a place to call home through city rent assistance program

A City of Peoria program is helping unhoused people overcome the last few barriers between them and a home.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris delivers one of the keynote speeches at the Center for Prevention of Abuse's Light 2024 educational conference on childhood trauma last week at the Par-A-Dice Hotel in East Peoria.

Community health advocates gather to focus on ‘public health crisis’ of childhood trauma

The Center for Prevention of Abuse (CFPA) hosted its “Light 2024” educational conference on childhood trauma last week in East Peoria.

Activists rallied at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Mich., after it reopened as an immigrant detention center this year. In its past, the facility had been a federal prison and a juvenile detention facility.

ICE is reopening shuttered prisons as detention centers. Many have a troubled past

In its push for more immigrant detention space, the Trump administration is reopening shuttered prisons in several states. Many of these facilities closed amid allegations of abuse and mismanagement.

PSO’s Gift To The Community: A Season of Hope

This week on Out and About, Maestro George Stelluto talks with Jenn Gordon about the Peoria Symphony Orchestra’s December Concert: A Season of Hope. The…

Draining The Food Swamp: Bringing Fresh Food Back to Rural Towns

People have been leaving rural midwestern areas for decades. And it’s not just population loss. Often fresh food sellers move away too. There might be…

Illinois tax holiday and local nonprofits help with back-to-school spending

A state tax holiday may not be enough to make school supplies affordable for Peoria families, so some local organizations are stepping up to help.

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