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The East Peoria City Council is standing by its non-enforcement of Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 restrictions on businesses. This comes as one of its own…

After several years in the making, the South Side Mission’s new thrift store in Peoria’s 61605 neighborhood is now open.

The Tri-County area eclipsed two more milestones with COVID-19 vaccinations topping 50,000 residents fully vaccinated and 135,000 doses administered.Yet…

Tri-County health officials on Wednesday reported 167 new COVID-19 cases in the past day, as the region surged past 18% of residents now fully vaccinated…

Bill Lervagg remembers when Peoria didn’t have a food rescue program like the Heart of Illinois Harvest. Lervaag recalled that he and Bob Baietto, a retired high school principal and former member of the Peoria County Board, helped form Harvest in 1992. Other co-founders included Hobe Albright and Gene Slevin, both deceased.

Grocery shoppers at Kroger today were met by television cameras at the checkout aisle. The Stuff-a-Bus food drive launched its annual campaign with its…

Despite recent sorting machine removals in Peoria and elsewhere, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, said she's confident the Post Office can handle large…

Peoria Housing Authority residents will have a chance to work on the upcoming Taft Homes redevelopment project, and gain new job skills at the same…

The murder of George Floyd is renewing difficult conversations about police brutality and racism in communities around the country and world — and Peoria…

The rhetoric between state Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, and his opponent, Republican Tazewell County Treasurer Mary Burress, is growing increasingly…