The announcement more than a year ago of Amkor Technology locating in north Peoria came with great excitement, securing the city as an important stop on the microchip supply chain.

A popular West Valley park is in the dark after someone cut electrical wires to most of the lights at Paloma Park on Wednesday morning.

The overall goal is to reduce groundwater overdraft, a condition in which more water is drawn from a well or aquifer than is being replaced.