Recreational cannabis

Peoria city leaders are split on whether to allow drive-through service at cannabis dispensaries. Several council members voiced strong support for the idea while others seemed hesitant and some suggested prohibiting the option altogether.

Peoria soon may allow cannabis dispensary businesses to offer drive-through and curbside services. In June, Illinois updated state law governing cannabis businesses to allow for curbside and drive-through service, as well as extended daily hours past midnight.

In their latest monthly conversation, WCBU reporter Joe Deacon talks with Peoria Mayor Rita Ali about whether she's concerned by a recent spike in violent crime, last week’s fatal shooting involving Peoria police officers, the possibility of amending the city’s policy on cannabis dispensaries, and more.

A former West Peoria steakhouse is becoming the area's first cannabis consumption lounge.

A landmark West Peoria restaurant that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic may soon find new life as a cannabis consumption lounge. The prospective owners of the former Sky Harbor Steak House plan to convert the property into the High Harbor Cannabis Events Center.

East Peoria entrepreneur Roy Sorce is proposing a recreational cannabis start-up in the city's downtown.Sorce wants to place a recreational cannabis…

Plans to start up a craft cannabis growing operation on Peoria's south side are now shelved. The Peoria City Council was set to vote on The Grow Trust's…

Galesburg may see its first legal recreational marijuana sales next month, but only if there's enough cannabis to go around.Nature's Treatment of Illinois…

The Peoria Planning and Zoning Commission gave its OK Thursday to a craft cannabis grower to start up business in South Peoria. But that vote on the Grow…

It's been a rough few years for Delavan.The southern Tazewell County city of just over 1,600 people lost its only grocery store to a fire in 2014. An EF-2…