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The Peoria Punishers semi-pro 8-man football team is riding a 43-game winning streak as it prepares to play for the Pigskin Classic title next month in Minnesota.

The East Bluff Community Center has new leadership at the helm. The non-profit organization at 512 E. Kansas St. offers a variety of programs, activities and services to boost the sense of community in one of Peoria’s lowest income neighborhoods.

When looking back on Peoria’s rich manufacturing past, tractors and whiskey tend to get most of the attention while the Peoria Watch Co. often gets lost in time.

A grant program using some of the city's American Rescue Plan Act money will assist businesses pursuing technological advancements in agriculture, medicine and biology.

Autism spectrum disorder is a behavior diagnosis. Burdo-Hartman said there isn’t one clear answer to explain this increased prevalence rate, however, she does think an overall better understanding of the behaviors associated with the disorder could be a contributing factor.

Researchers at Bradley University's Virginius H. Chase Special Collections Center are sifting through than a century's worth of archives from the Peoria Young Women's Christian Association.

The Louisville Slugger Sports Complex on Orange Prairie Road has been honored by the U.S. Sports Specialty Association as it’s National Complex of the Year for 2022.

One man is preserving Peoria through photographs.

Since 2018, the Peoria Public Schools board of education has renamed seven of the district's 29 school buildings. But those new monikers didn't come without a significant price tag.