News in Peoria
Arts Alerts: Screens — what’s worth streaming
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,'…
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…
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...
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…
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…
‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ rekindles past glory of Peoria music scene
Janie Grier Kelley has produced 236-page package of four booklets recounting decades of central Illinois rock ‘n’ roll, with more than 1,200 images of hundreds of artists and related people, places and things Read more →
The Watch: Police Chief appears before City Council
Dixon talks about construction of a police substation and ambulance station at Allen Road and Van Winkle Way, theft at Springdale Cemetery, and e-bikes and ATVs among other things Read more →
The Watch: Peoria Public Schools addresses decorum, budgetary concerns
Four of six citizens addressing the board spoke to recent behavior; there were double typical amount of Freedom of Information Act requests; Superintendent Jerry Bell provided a financial update Read more →