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PEORIA, Ill. - There was controversy surrounding it, but the Peoria City Council is okaying the restoration of a fire department engine company cut du...
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Like the hard rap of a fast hammer, the clock is ticking on a South...
Peoria's city and county leaders offered up a "wish list" of projects, including repairs to Main Street and Pioneer Parkway. Here's what got done.
The longtime South Peoria, Illinois, hardware store is up for sale, but could close if no one buys it.
PEORIA — Quick quiz: what colors do you think lighted up the Murray Baker Bridge last weekend? Did you guess the hues of Old Glory? That would've made sense. You know, for that holiday — whatchamacallit? Oh, yeah: Independence Day. But last weekend, the bridge wasn't red, white and blue. It was white, white and white. Those are the plain, ol' colors for any plain, ol' day. Why? The city forgot about the Fourth of July. "It was an unfortunate oversight," city manager Patrick Urich told me. "One person has the ability to make the change, and the lights were not programmed for ...