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The Peoria Park District is making progress on filling the prior home of a Christopher Colombus statue in Upper Laura Bradley Park with something new.
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Salaries for Tazewell County officials who will be elected to four-year terms on Nov. 5 were set Wednesday by the county board.
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It's been more than two months since the Peoria Fire Department closed the Riverview Plaza high-rise downtown. Many tenants have since moved out of the building, and city officials still aren't sure when repairs might get done.
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Each step approved by the council during a draining four-hour meeting will cause city residents, businesses and other taxing bodies to reach deeper into their pockets.
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Gov. JB Pritzker says his health care insurance reform aims to lift a roadblock patients can run into when getting approval for treatment.
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The Illinois Gaming Board reports the industry generated $1.5 billion in tax revenue for the state and local communities in 2023. However, research shows more than 1.1 million residents have either developed a gambling addiction or are at risk.
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As the second landfill outside of Edwards careens toward capacity, plans to construct the future Landfill 3 remain stalled.
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U.S Postal Service top brass decided this week to proceed with plans to move Peoria's mail sorting operations to suburban Bedford Park, despite considerable skepticism about the postal servce's claims the changes won't impact mail delivery times or jobs.
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"Politics sometimes becomes a blood sport in the public sector," the city administrator said. "These agreements make sure our department heads aren't exposed politically."
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The Peoria Civic Center continues to work on upgrades and renovations throughout the venue, a little more than a year since the city approved a $20 million funding plan for capital improvements.
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To say that Donald Trump was a president unlike any other isn't breaking news. Most either love him or hate him, with very few finding themselves somewhere in between.
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Illinois Library Association President Ryan Johnson says the bill comes at a time when threats against public libraries are escalating in frequency and intensity.