-
On this week's episode of Out and About, WCBU's Jody Holtz sits in for Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois to chat with Wendy Thomasson and Ian Thatcher of the Peoria Ballet about their upcoming production of Sleeping Beauty, taking place at Five Points Washington on April 26-27.
-
People seeking medical licenses in Illinois are still facing delays, despite the passage of a law to modernize the system.
-
As the second landfill outside of Edwards careens toward capacity, plans to construct the future Landfill 3 remain stalled.
-
Peoria food entrepreneur Andres Diaz, co-founder of Urban Acres Gardens, said his new commissary kitchen, located in a former medical building at 614 Spring St., will be known as Springboard Kitchen.
-
U.S Postal Service top brass decided this week to proceed with plans to move Peoria's mail sorting operations to suburban Bedford Park, despite considerable skepticism about the postal servce's claims the changes won't impact mail delivery times or jobs.
-
Some Bradley students are thinking about graduation this month. For others, it's finals. But a few are focused on making the final pitch of their "Big Ideas" to a panel of judges - and potential investors.
-
Students at Peoria Public School’s Charter Oak Primary School are circling back to pick up a skill that’s been left out of the curriculum for a few years: cursive.
-
Jeffrey Reinking was convicted in 2022 of illegally giving his son Travis Reinking an assault-style weapon he used in a 2018 shooting that left four dead at a Waffle House in Tennessee. A Tazwell County judge sentenced Reinking to 18 months in prison for delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for mental illness within five years.
-
On Tuesday, county board members voted to table a resolution that would declare Woodford County as a non-sanctuary county for migrants in the country illegally.
-
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.
-
The Illinois Department of Transportation marked National Work Zone Awareness Week, calling attention to the risks workers face as the road construction season swings into gear.
-
"Politics sometimes becomes a blood sport in the public sector," the city administrator said. "These agreements make sure our department heads aren't exposed politically."