The Peoria City Council approved hiring an investment banking consultant and a legal services firm for the purpose of pursuing a casino in Peoria.

The City of Peoria is looking to take its first official steps toward luring Boyd Gaming’s local casino from its current East Peoria riverboat to a land-based facility within the city.

The network carries Chicago White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks games. WHOI is broadcasting the network on digital subnet 19.4.

After working to mitigate neighborhood fears about noise and light pollution, owners of a planned outdoor amusement park in northwest Peoria can move forward with the project as long as they take steps to address crime and safety concerns.

Peoria Rivermen owner and CEO Bart Rogers says the pro hockey team’s new five-year lease extension at Carver Arena affirms their commitment to the River City and allows the franchise to continue to thrive.

Ameren Illinois and the city of East Peoria will reroute high-voltage electrical wires so they no longer run under a varsity baseball field at EastSide Centre.

The hockey team and Peoria Civic Center announced the deal in a joint news release on Tuesday. This follows more than a year of doubts over the team's long-term future at the downtown venue it's called home for decades.

Imagine today’s Major League Baseball stars picking up offseason side jobs as theater actors. It may sound strange now, but it happened relatively often in the sports “deadball” era.

Superintendent Kyle Freeman told the school board on Tuesday the basketball coaches first pointed out "dead spots" on the wood floor back in July.

As the Peoria Civic Center boasts the two best fiscal years in nearly two decades, general manager Rik Edgar acknowledges some challenges lie ahead.

The Chicago Sports Network will carry games from the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls, and Chicago Blackhawks. The new network launched this month after NBC Sports Chicago shut down.

For the first time in 25 years, the Bradley University men’s basketball team placed atop the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll.