Peoria County

Following 15 days of testimony, the Peoria County Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday recommended denial of an application to pursue development of a large-scale wind farm in the county’s northwest corner.

Peoria County’s tentative budget for the 2027 fiscal year maintains the current property tax rate, fully funds pension obligations and covers costs for new laundry and kitchen facilities at the Peoria County jail.

Peoria County Treasurer Branden Martin was appointed to the job last year, replacing Nicole Bjerke. Now the Republican is running for the post in the November election against Democrat Randy Stevens.

An estimated crowd of around 400 first responders, elected officials, civic leaders and community members attended the 25th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Friday at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

Plans to develop a $40 million industrial park along Galena Road on Peoria’s northeast side received another financial boost.

Repsol Renewables has applied for a special use allowance for its Four Creeks Wind Project, seeking to install approximately 113 turbines across an area north of Brimfield and west of Princeville, extending to the Knox and Stark county lines.

A severe storm system that damaged buildings, downed trees and left thousands without power in Bloomington-Normal on Thursday largely spared the Tri-County region.

A planned $40 million industrial park along Galena Road in Peoria is getting some state funding to move the project forward.

Fulton County Coroner Austin Rhodes said Todd Brown, 54, of Hanna City, was killed Friday afternoon after the semi tractor-trailer he was driving drove off the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 97.

The state lifted its moratorium on new nuclear facilities, but development could still be decades away