In South Peoria, Garden Street Cafe announced a new owner is preparing to take the reins of the decades-old business. “We are so excited to announce our New Owner, Mr. Jeff Harris,” the business wrote in a May 21 Facebook post. “Come join us all on Saturday, June 1st for the Grand Opening of this […]
Peoria has been named the No. 1 place to live in the state of Illinois for 2024-2025 by U.S. News and World Report. Peoria is the only Illinois city to be ranked in the top 100 places to live, coming in at No. 82. Rockford was ranked 105th and Chicago came in at No. 119. […]
As part of a restructuring plan for the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, there were many changes in high-level priesthood positions. For instance, Father Luke Spannagel, a parochial vicar with many of Peoria’s Catholic parishes, will become the new pastor at St. Philomena. Spannagel has worked with the diocese since 2007, beginning with St. John Chapel […]
Construction continues along Airport Road at Interstate 474 near Bartonville. All Airport Road traffic has been configured to use the existing northbound lanes. Traffic on westbound I-474 has been reduced to one lane. Eastbound I-474 has two through lanes. A map of the affected area has been posted on the Peoria County Government Facebook page. […]
Peoria Zoo is among the most Instagrammable spots in Illinois outside Chicago. The attraction came in at No. 10 in a list of the most Instagrammed spots in the state in 2024. The website BonusFinder.com analyzed more than 2,700 U.S. landmarks by comparing their total number of hashtags to rank the country’s most popular spots […]
These real estate transactions, recorded the week of April 29, are compiled from information on file with Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. They represent sales of $78,000 or more. PEORIA COUNTY 2524 W. Vista View Court, Peoria: Gregory A. Hancock to Jianna Guariglia and Tucker Osborne, $80,000. 1002 E. Samuel Ave., Peoria Heights: Michael G. […]
When East Peoria Community High School senior Nathan Teaney appeared last week in a photograph taken by the Peoria Journal Star, his father suspected the scene had been staged as a prank. “I think he planned it out as just kind of a joke with his friends,” Ron Teaney said. “Now, what he didn’t realize […]
Sections of the Twin Towers parking garage in Downtown Peoria are being repaired after city code inspectors found safety concerns in the garage stemming from water infiltration into the structure. Cracked and crumbling concrete throughout the garage is being repaired out of fears falling concrete could harm someone, according to community development director Joe Dulin. […]
The Peoria County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed early Saturday morning in a shooting just north of Interstate 74 in Peoria. Thomas Antoine, 30, of Peoria, was pronounced dead at 2:18 a.m. in the trauma room at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center after he was shot over an hour earlier in the […]
A man was killed early Saturday, May 4, in the 2100 block of North Gale Avenue in Peoria. Officers were called to the scene at about 1:25 a.m. on a report of a person shot, the Peoria Police Department said in a news release. They found an adult male with an apparent gunshot wound inside […]
A property developer is seeking to build a new, 115 single-family home subdivision in North Peoria. The subdivision would be built on an 86-acre plot of land just west of Knoxville Avenue, east of Allen Road and north of Hickory Grove Road in North Peoria, near Dunlap. Dean Custom Builders and Copper Creek Holdings LLC […]
Ameren Illinois will be upgrading a series of natural gas lines in North Peoria in the lead-up to a major hydrostatic pressure test this summer. The company said in a statement that it had begun work this week along a seven-mile portion of an existing natural gas pipeline between the intersection of North University Street […]