Peoria
A city in Peoria County, Illinois — population 109,428 as of 2020.
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News in Peoria
Local documentary 'Over A Barrel' — about Peoria’s 'Whiskey boom' -- on YouTube; 'East of Eden' on Netflix now; loose Zuckerberg flick 'Social Reckoning,' is in theaters. Marvel’s android Avenger stars in 'VisionQuest' on Disney+. 'Once Upon A Time in Harlem' on Apple+. 'Musk,'…
Creatives & Arts
Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on in central Illinois
“Beat the Funk 2026” benefiting Bradley University’s Department of Physical Therapy is Oct. 3 at the Premier Event Center. Peoria Players performing Dracula, Corn Stock doing Glengarry Glen Ross; rock illusionist Leon Etienne working his magic at ICC; pluss check out local music…
Creatives & Arts
Straight Talk: Civic Center gives our local sports heroes the boot
The plaques dedicated to Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Famers that honor the area's history are gone ... so there can be more ads? Surely, the great minds in our communities can do better Read more →
General
The Download with DP Episode 6 – Kurt Pegler
Kurt Pegler (4:30) Sports Director at WMBD in Peoria joins me this week to talk about the tv business, covering sports in central Illinois for over th...
Local Sports
Breathing life back into Lincoln
The desire of a Peoria businessman and his wife to live out their Christian faith by helping a central Illinois community in need led to their recent purchase of the shuttered Lincoln College campus for a job-creating lease program. “We want life back on that campus,” John…
Local Business
GCMS cross country runners compete at First to the Finish Invitational
PEORIA – Erin McCall of the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School cross country team finished 31st with a time of 19:25.8 in the girls’ Class 1A race during the First to the Finish invitational held Saturday at Detweiller Park. Brysen Butler finished 49th with a time of 16:23.1…
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Peoria by the numbers
- Area
- 48.04 sq mi (124.42 km²), 2.58 sq mi water
- Median age
- 35.5
- Households
- 49,037
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $59,410
- Median house value
- $156,200
- Office
- FINANCE DIRECTOR COMPTROLLER
- Address
- 419 FULTON ST, PEORIA, IL 61602