The City of Peoria will provide close to a half-million dollars to rehabilitate Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the city’s South Side

The annual meeting of the Peoria Township electors drew an overflow crowd Tuesday at City Hall, producing votes in favor of both a non-binding ballot question related to boycotts of Israel and a special meeting to consider funding for a possible senior center.

Critics of a pending sale of property along the Illinois River in Peoria fear a potential loss of green space and access, but the parties involved in the sale said the transaction is necessary to preserve the entity tasked with oversight of the land.

Chaia Meier will take over as the 11th head coach of Bradley University's women's basketball team. She will leave an assistant coaching position at Marquette University where she's been since 2024.

Bradley University women’s basketball coach Kate Popovec-Goss is leaving the program to accept the head coaching position at Boston College.

The Braves, 21-12, 13-7 in the MVC, will host the Dayton Flyers at 9 p.m. Wednesday in an opening round game that will be televised on ESPNU.

No amount of gloomy weather was going to get in the way of Peoria welcoming its champions home.

The Panthers cruised past Chatham (Glenwood), 60-45, on Saturday in the IHSA Class 3A state final at CEFCU Arena in Normal. It’s Washington’s first state title in program history.

The second-seeded Bradley men's basketball team lost to No. 6 Northern Iowa, 73-69, in the second Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinal game Saturday in St. Louis.

The No. 2-seeded Bradley men’s basketball team fended off an upset bid from No. 7 Valparaiso in the third Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal Friday.

The Braves take a 20-11 overall record into their Friday quarterfinal matchup against either Valparaiso or Indiana State at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich talks with WCBU about a range of topics, including the planned redevelopment of the PNC Bank Building and the end of the city's quest for a land-based casino.