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Peoria County is hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Event at Peoria’s Expo Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 12. Karen Raithel, Peoria County’s Sustainability and Resource Conservation Director, ...

The City of East Peoria’s main department phone lines have been restored following damage by a lightning strike Friday afternoon. Now functional are: East Peoria City Hall, Central Fire Station ...

Illinois employers can no longer ask job applicants about their wage history. A new law, that went into effect on Sunday, aims to even out the pay gap that has many women earning less than men in the ...

Central Illinois native and California-based entrepreneur Kim Blickenstaff is contributing $500,000 toward the renovation of the historic Peoria Women’s Club building. He’s also issued a c...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the Illinois River at Peoria beginning at 1 p.m. Monday until further notice. As of 3:45 a.m. Monday, the river stood at 16. 9 feet. The riv...

September 30, 2019 Q: It costs about 13 cents to do THIS. What is THIS? A: To produce a $100 bill

(National Weather Service) — The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Illinois River at Peoria from Monday morning until further notice. The flood stage is 18 feet and at ...

On Friday, portions of central Illinois got 4-8 inches of rain. The heaviest amounts were across the northern Peoria metro area into the north half of Woodford County. Rain totals included: 7.6 inches...

The Ameren Illinois Outage Map showed just over 1,260 customers were without power in the Peoria area as of 7 a.m. Saturday. Outages were reported in Peoria, Washington, Pekin, Chillicothe, Hopedale a...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flood Warning for… Marshall County in central Illinois… Woodford County in central Illinois… Fulton County in west central Illi...