A local home improvement collective will pay at least $405,000 for the naming rights to the Peoria Civic Center’s theater.

Crime, the future of the Par-A-Dice Casino and Peoria's effort to bring Amtrak to the city were all topics raised at the first mayoral debate.

A man was arrested Thursday in a Jan. 13 hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in Peoria.

Dominicue Linwood was charged with first-degree murder in December 2022 for his role in the shooting death of Jamarion Lee in Peoria on Sept. 3, 2022.