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In her monthly conversation with WCBU, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses positive trends in crime figures and what has been working in reducing gun violence.
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Crews began the full-scale demolition of the 122-year-old former Harrison School building on Monday, following the recent completion of demolition work at the vacant McKinley School.
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In her latest monthly conversation with WCBU, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses how public input will guide the city's direction on cannabis regulation, along with a host of other topics.
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In a broad conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria First District City Council member Denise Jackson says the needs for affordable housing and infrastructure improvements in the 61605 zip code have been overlooked for too long.
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Lincoln Branch manager Cynthia Smith has seen the library's service to the South Side neighborhood grow tremendously over the past decade, aided by a renovation and expansion project 10 years ago.
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Peoria Public Library's Lincoln Branch on Friday celebrated a 10th anniversary of the expansion project that tripled the size of the historic South Side branch.
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Led by Pastor Irene Lewis-Wimbley, the Southside Community Center offers an array of services to residents.
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Illinois Central College has fallen short in its bid to secure a Promise Neighborhoods grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Peoria City Councilmember Denise Jackson thinks if you don't live in the 1st District she represents, you probably aren't getting there very often.She wants to change that by highlighting both the good things and the unmet needs of her district through a series of bus tours.
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Illinois Central College is leading a coalition of dozens of community groups in applying for a federal Promise Neighborhoods grant. If approved, nearly $80 million would be available to transform education on Peoria's South Side through the new "Peoria Cradle to Career" initiative.