WCBU Reports

The healthcare organization plans to convert the 16-acre property at 2223 W. Heading Ave. into the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center.

On today’s episode, UnityPoint Health’s regional president and CEO Dr. Keith Knepp tells WCBU’s Tim Shelley how UnityPoint plans to convert the former Heddington Oaks nursing home into a major behavioral health treatment center for children and adolescents. And today is Dr. Ngozi Ezike's last day leading the Illinois Department of Public Health. Illinois Public Radio's Alex Degman looks back at the tenure of the IDPH’s outgoing director. Plus, WCBU's Hannah Alani talks one-on-one with the Catholic Diocese of Peoria's Bishop Lou Tylka about his new leadership role.

Blumenberg is the new scouting executive for the 14-county W.D. Boyce Council of the Boys Scouts of America.

On today’s episode, you’ll hear from the new Scout Executive of the WD Boyce Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In a conversation with WCBU's Tim Shelley, Ben Blumenberg lays out his plan to grow scout membership in the 14-county region of the WD Boyce Council. And in part-two of Joe Deacon’s conversation with Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, she says the police department's ongoing anti-violence efforts are working to curtail incidents in the city. Plus, you’ll find out how Pekin's Reditus Laboratories is making money on COVID-19 testing, even as it remains free at testing sites, in the second part of reporter Eric Stock’s two-part series on the rise of Reditus Labs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When a person is struggling to meet basic housing and nutritional needs, a visit to the doctor's office likely isn't the first thing on their minds.

On today’s episode, you’ll hear from OSF HealthCare's Dr. Mary Stapel. She leads the Street Medicine team in Peoria. She tells WCBU’s Tim Shelley about how they use a mobile van to bring care directly to people experiencing homelessness. And Reporter Sarah Nardi talks to Design Lab Director Scott Barrows and Elise Albers of OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria about the barriers to childhood vaccinations and how mobile clinics are working to overcome them. Plus, during Out and About host Jenn Gordon of Arts Partners of Central Illinois is joined by jazz icon Chuck Israels and Heartland Festival Orchestra Artistic Director David Commanday to talk about the HFO's upcoming concert Iconic Jazz. The concert is happening on Saturday, March 19 at Five Points in Washington.

For many years, the Peoria Humane Society has been partnering with Peoria County Animal Protections Services (PCAPS) to create an extensive animal welfare program to benefit animals and pet owners in the region.

On today’s episode, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali joins WCBU’s Joe Deacon in the studio to talk about the prospect of bringing rail service back to Peoria. And director of the Peoria Humane Society, Kitty Yanko talks to WCBU’s Jody Holtz about the Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) animal shelter and the Peoria Humane Society. Plus, reporter Eric Stock has the first in a two-part series on the sudden rise of Reditus Laboratories in Pekin.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and other stakeholders in the passenger rail project met virtually last week with officials from the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Highway Administration.

Na'Allah analyzed three years of data and interviewed 400 classmates while studying racial disparities at Dunlap.