(contributed) Judy Ward listens during an El Dorado City Council meeting. Ward has represented Ward 2, Position 2 since 2005.

The home goods retailer At Home is shuttering 26 locations as part of a Chapter 11 restructuring. Here's what to know.

Commencing June 20, when summer officially begins, "The heat is on!" says the Farmers' Almanac.The farmers foresee a "sultry, thunder-filled" season for Peoria and the entirety of Illinois, where ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois Department of Transportation will close two bridges that span Interstate 155 as it travels through Tazewell County as they work on them.

Peoria, IL (May 6, 2025) – A two-vehicle crash disrupted eastbound traffic on Interstate 74 at the Murray Baker Bridge Monday afternoon. The Illinois State Police responded to the scene around 4:59 ...

Two of eight planned demolitions have removed part of Illinois’ old eastbound McClugage Bridge between Peoria and East Peoria. The first blast March 27 used explosives in seamless metal sheets ...

Soldiers of the Illinois Army National Guard returned to Peoria Air National Guard Base in Illinois on April 12 after a 10-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

EAST PEORIA - The first of six scheduled blasts to bring down the old eastbound McClugage Bridge took place earlier Thursday.An explosion was seen and heard just before 10 a.m. as the Illinois ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — For the second time this month, the Peoria City Council is poised to give more money to a local non-profit so it can continue its program to shelter homeless people in a… ...

Peoria Mayoral Debate 2025 - Primary. 1/23/2025 | 56m 30s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The January 2025 Peoria Mayoral Primary Debate between Rita Ali, Chuck Grayeb and John Kelly.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation has outlined its progress made across the state in 2024. Made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital program, projects ...