Peoria Heights

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.

Nearly a year after Peoria Heights originally approved a plan to hire full-time firefighters, projected budget deficits have some village board members questioning the move.

A federal grant covers more than a third of a project to replace water infrastructure along Peoria Heights’ Route 29.

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The Peoria chapter of a national nonprofit is building partnerships to make the area friendlier to those with food allergies.