Downtown Peoria

A 70-year-old woman has died after a fire broke out early Sunday morning in a high-rise apartment building just west of Downtown Peoria.

Police are investigating after shots were fired Wednesday morning near the Peoria County Courthouse Downtown.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali remains steadfast in her belief that the planned Phoenix Manor permanent supportive housing development on the South Side ultimately will benefit the neighborhood.

Beau Sutherland has been named general manager of the Peoria Civic Center after filling the role in an interim capacity for the past two months.

A nearly $7.3 million redevelopment project along the 500 block of Main Street in Downtown Peoria calls for three street-level eateries and a boutique hotel on the second floor.

Visitors to a section of Peoria’s Warehouse District will find things a touch brighter now. Twelve strands of string lights spanning the 800 block of SW Adams Street are in place and functional, completing a placemaking collaboration.

In late April, the Peoria City Council approved an ordinance formally proposing the Twin Towers Place Special Service Area. Tower residents petitioned the city to create the SSA to generate the estimated $2.5 million needed for repairs and renovations.

The Riverview Plaza tower in Downtown Peoria has been shuttered for more than two years, as the city pushes the building owner to fix the fire suppression, sprinkler and electrical systems. City Manager Patrick Urich said Peoria is doing everything within its power to see the building brought into code compliance.

The City of Peoria will spend about $500,000 a year to hire six civilian community service officers aimed at boosting the police department’s daytime security presence downtown.

Rik Edgar is stepping down as general manager of the Peoria Civic Center to pursue another job opportunity, the entertainment venue’s management company announced Friday.