City of East Peoria

The city of East Peoria will keep its property tax levy unchanged for 2025. That means existing property owners will actually pay a little less to the city, because newly assessed properties will now be taking on a bit of the burden to get the city to its $5.9 million tax collection.

The city of East Peoria is poised to move forward on a redevelopment agreement that will bring a new hotel to the riverfront. Frontier Hospitality has plans to build a $13 million Hilton Hampton Inn near the Bob Michel Bridge and the existing Embassy Suites.

Couples may need to find a new way to show their devotion for each other, as the city wants to keep their renovations to the park intact.

A new fire chief is officially on the job in East Peoria. Acting chief Bobby Zimmerman took the oath of office Monday morning to formalize his promotion to the permanent position.

East Peoria’s 37th annual Festival of Lights is back and better than ever, coming off a first place championship win on ABC’s prime time TV show “The Great Christmas Light Fight” in 2020.

The city of East Peoria is laying the groundwork for construction of a new fire station on Centennial Drive.

Many of Illinois’ smaller cities and towns will soon get their share of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, and officials from eligible Tri-County municipalities are looking ahead to how they should spend the money.

Mayor John Kahl said East Peoria managed to weather the financial impact from COVID-19 last year by acting quickly to cut expenses and delay planned purchases.

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It appears a protracted dispute over the East Peoria firefighter union's contract may be resolved.The East Peoria City Council voted Tuesday night to…