A national gaming, entertainment and tech festival is coming to downtown Peoria beginning next year, with organizers expecting to attract tens of thousands of guests.

One year after topping the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball preseason poll, Bradley University’s team is pegged for fourth place in this year’s early rankings.

Coming off a record-breaking year, the Peoria Civic Center is bracing for a significant dropoff in 2026 amid industry challenges and a major improvement project planned for next summer.

The latest phase of renovations at Dozer Park is underway with the installation of a new playing surface. Work started Monday morning at the downtown stadium that has served as home to the Peoria Chiefs baseball team since 2022.

A big weekend of dedications and celebrations is in store for public art lovers and activity seekers in downtown Peoria.

The Peoria Park District and Peoria Public Schools are weighing options about what to do with the decades-old Central Park Pool.

The Landmark Recreation Center in Peoria will close next month after 46 years. The venue announced the closure in a social media post Wednesday, attributing the decision to “the pending sale of our property.”

Owners of The Putt Club intend to significantly remodel the inside entertainment area, in response to high demand during bad weather and cold seasons.

The iconic but aging scoreboards at Pekin Community High School's Memorial Stadium and Dawson Hawkins Gym are now a thing of the past. They've been replaced with LED digital display scoreboards.

In her freshman track season at Bradley University, sprinter Carolina Martinez broke a 41-year-old school record in the 300-meter dash. Now, she’s building on her athletic success by sharing her story of recovery and resilience through an NIL partnership with Veloxity Labs.

Men’s basketball standouts Walt Lemon Jr. and Andrew Warren are among this year’s five-member Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Joining them are former Braves soccer star Bryan Gaul, women’s golf champion Kelly Amundrud, and longtime soccer coach Jim DeRose.

East Peoria will move forward on the next phase of a project to install synthetic turf on the EastSide Centre Sports Complex baseball and softball diamonds.