WCBU Reports

A newly created economic incentive area aims to spark redevelopment along Peoria’s West Main Street corridor. Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich explains how it'll work and why it's happening.

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WCBU's Joe Deacon talks to Bradley University officials about the new flag football team, one of five women's premier club sports at the Peoria campus.

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Fulton Sheen, an El Paso native who grew up in Peoria, is slated to be beatified at a Mass in St. Louis on Sept. 24. Louis Tylka, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, says its the next step in a process that dates back over two decades -- a process he hopes will lead to Sainthood for Sheen. WCBU's Rich Draeger reports.

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Mayor Tracy Welch wants to see the women's prison site remediated, unlike what happened two decades ago at the 100-acre Lincoln Developmental Center site. It's part of the City of Lincoln's multi-pronged strategy boosting economic development in the Logan County seat.

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Illinois has already experienced a record-breaking number of tornadoes in 2026, but this year even thunderstorms are proving to be dangerous.

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U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood spoke to WCBU during a stop in Peoria to announce federal appropriation money for an industrial park in the city. He gave his thoughts on current events including the federal deficit, mail-in voting and data centers.

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Several volunteers and local history buffs gathered around David Strother’s 1954 headstone to find out for certain if he and his family lay underneath.

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Since Aug.1, the Women’s Pro Baseball League has been playing its inaugural season in Springfield. It’s the fifth league of its kind in U.S. history. Its players hope there is no need for a sixth.

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The National Weather Service in Lincoln opened its doors to the public on Saturday for the first time in 19 years, and wants to be more accessible in the future.

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Gov. JB Pritzker said he doesn't want to see Central Illinois farmland given up for data centers. He said the state should be pumping the brakes on the industry rather than rolling out the red carpet for it.

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