Peoria Heights

The Village of Peoria Heights has a new person leading its volunteer fire department, and Mayor Matt Wigginton is hopeful he will bring some stability to the position.

The Village of Peoria Heights will enter a working agreement with the Peoria Fire Department to assist with emergency calls. The plan passed narrowly during Tuesday’s three-hour meeting that also saw trustees override the mayor’s veto of an ordinance to establish a 1% grocery tax.

Peoria Heights village trustees have scheduled another vote to enact a local grocery tax after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed the initial approval late last week.

The status of a possible local grocery tax in Peoria Heights remains undetermined after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed authorization ahead of this week’s village board meeting.

The Village of Peoria Heights has a new police chief. Though the department’s leadership is a familiar face hired internally, it’s the first change in the position in 30 years.

Matthew Wigginton ran unopposed for the position of mayor in April’s municipal election, making the move after just one four-year term on the village board.

The Village of Peoria Heights has a new appointee leading the fire department after the village board declined to renew the contract of Chief Dan Decker.

A new plan for the historic pump house building in Peoria Heights reimagines the space as a place to grow food businesses in the region.

The Peoria County Coroner has identified the body found in the Illinois River Monday.

The Peoria Heights Board of Trustees is pumping the brakes on a plan to turn the fully volunteer fire department into a “hybrid” department with a handful of full-time employees.