East Peoria Mayor John Kahl

A busy stretch of East Washington Street in East Peoria is in line for a resurfacing later this year, and the city is considering a significant traffic reconfiguration as part of the project. In his latest regular interview with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Mayor John Kahl updates the status of the resurfacing project and the possible lane reduction.

Sunrun, which touts itself as a leading provider of residential solar, battery storage and energy services, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for its new branch office on High Point Lane, along the Interstate 74 corridor in East Peoria.

Mayor John Kahl is seeking a second term leading the city of East Peoria.

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.

When East Peoria completed construction of the EastSide Centre in 1996, the multisports complex was a few steps ahead of its time. But now the times are catching up to the concept, the city's mayor said Friday.

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.

Barring anything unexpected, East Peoria will bring back recycling this year.The council plans to include the funding to restore the popular service in…

The East Peoria City Council is standing by its non-enforcement of Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 restrictions on businesses. This comes as one of its own…

More mayors in central Illinois say they won't enforce Gov. JB Pritzker's new COVID-19 restrictions shutting down indoor service at restaurants and bars,…

Tazewell County Health Department Administrator Amy Fox is asking the public to take COVID-19 mitigations and public health guidance seriously as…