Morton

The former Ruby Tuesday restaurant at 127 E. Ashland St., which closed without warning in 2016 after being open for 16 years and deteriorated as time took its toll on the vacant building, was demolished last month.

With no discussion, the board voted unanimously Monday night not to reinstate the fire chief after village president Jeff Kaufman removed him from duty last month.

Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of Sept. 13- Sept. 15, 2023, curated by WCBU's Camryn Cutinello. You can find more coverage on our Out & About - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WCBU's Weekend Fanfare email newsletter, which goes out every Friday.

By a narrow 10-8 vote, the board denied a special use request from Unsicker Solar to build a five-megawatt solar farm on about 52 acres northwest of the intersection of East Idlewood Street and Schmidt Road, south of Illinois Route 98 (Birchwood Street).

Outdoor camping on public property is now banned in Morton after the village board unanimously passed a new ordinance this week largely aimed at homeless encampments.

Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of July 26- July 28, 2023, curated by WCBU's Camryn Cutinello. You can find more coverage on our Out & About - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WCBU's Weekend Fanfare email newsletter, which goes out every Friday.

The new CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce is setting her sights on attracting talent and improving Peoria’s quality of place.

Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of May 17-19, 2023, curated by WCBU's Camryn Cutinello. You can find more coverage on our Out & About - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WCBU's Weekend Fanfare email newsletter, which goes out every Friday.

The Morton Fire Department will start charging nursing homes and assisted living and independent living residences for some lift assist calls the department receives from those facilities.

It seems Zo and Dani Evans were destined to be the new owners of Sucre Sweets and Socials.