City of Peoria

Visitors to a section of Peoria’s Warehouse District will find things a touch brighter now. Twelve strands of string lights spanning the 800 block of SW Adams Street are in place and functional, completing a placemaking collaboration.

The Peoria Police Department is running a one-week pilot program using drones as emergency first responders. The trial is aimed at improving response times, enhancing community and officer safety, and providing police with critical information prior to arriving at a scene.

A planned Advanced Medical Transport ambulance station on Peoria’s north side is expected to double as the site of a new Peoria Police Department substation.

The Riverview Plaza tower in Downtown Peoria has been shuttered for more than two years, as the city pushes the building owner to fix the fire suppression, sprinkler and electrical systems. City Manager Patrick Urich said Peoria is doing everything within its power to see the building brought into code compliance.

Five employees of Pop-Up Chicken Shop lost their jobs on the Fourth of July after telling owner Aaron Francis they wouldn't work without the time-and-a-half listed in the company's employee handbook.

Peoria is considering a change to the city code that would govern home-based free distribution of food, clothing and other household items.

Development of a Dutch Bros Coffee franchise near a well-traveled Peoria intersection will benefit from a tax reimbursement deal to offset some project expenses.

The City of Peoria will spend about $500,000 a year to hire six civilian community service officers aimed at boosting the police department’s daytime security presence downtown.

Organizers of this year’s Red, White & Boom fireworks show along the Illinois River on Independence Day expect the turnout to be spectacular.

The cultural and community impact of the Juneteenth holiday continues to grow in Peoria each year, evidenced by a month filled with several celebrations and activities.