Skylar Collins
News Producer
East Peoria, IL
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
President of the college Keith Cornille says additions like this to the campus will help fuel the need for a growing job industry.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Peoria’s Center for Prevention of Abuse has long had historically underfunded programs.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:19 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Conditions in Puerto Rico remain dire days after Hurricane Fiona devastated the island
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Three individuals were transported an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 7:18 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Ollie’s specializes in close-out retail, meaning shoppers can find brand name items for incredible deals.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Breast cancer patients, survivors, and all those who support them will be among the hundred expected to participate.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The organization that was founded on Thanksgiving Day 105 years ago holds the holiday near and dear.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 7:04 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:18 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Central Illinois Housing Network has helped 29 veterans in similar situations throughout the four and a half years they’ve been running.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 6:28 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
After the city of Peoria announced a survey asking what the funds should go toward, one of the top priorities was neighborhood revitalization.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Recent hail damage in our area can cause out of town contractors or “storm chasers” to try and solicit business from local homeowners.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:04 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The event that began as a slightly futile, but fun way to fight back against the growing copi numbers, has grown to attract people from around the world
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
One Illinois representative has teamed up with a disinfectant company to make PPS safer and cleaner for their students.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
“Birth to Five Illinois” aims to show parents the tools they have to help get kids the care they need early in life.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Drivers are also urged to pay attention to posted speed limits, and to stay alert for workers and equipment on the roads.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The Super Thrift Store is accepting donations, and if needed, will pick those donations up.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
Louise can now enjoy her new pool, where people can come eye to eye with the nearly seventeen-foot long reptile.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
This year, there were multiple exercises happening at the same time.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The concern of exposure is far lower than it was during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins and Jason Howell
Over 200 different specialty cookies are offered.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The ducks were also given a safe escort back home.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The holiday has been celebrated since 1872, when a journalist challenged the people of Nebraska to plant as many trees as they could.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The decline in prices we’ve been seeing is a feat we most likely would not have expected ahead of summer and given the continued turns in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
To spruce things up, the restaurant has added some new items to their menu.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The McCluggage bridge has been getting commuters to and from Peoria for nearly 40 years.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
The business is already well known for their support of veterans and first responders, but it’s gestures like this that let local veterans know they’re appreciated.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Skylar Collins
“You’ll get to know Judge Jackson. You’ll get to know the types of things she cares about, and you’ll get to know the types of things the senators care about as well.”
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
The election commission is not allowed to push back the first day for candidate filings, so they’re grateful for their good relationship with the rest of the county.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:42 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
The frat has been completing the over 40-mile trek every year since 1998
Local expert weighs in on Biden’s proposal for the first African American woman in the Supreme Court
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 6:41 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Having the Supreme Court be reflective of what our country looks like is important for not only the legitimacy of the court, but to all of those who look up to the justices.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
The amount of breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screenings have dropped by a staggering eighty percent.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:52 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Fifty years ago was the very the first time a patient was treated for cancer at the Jim and Trudy Maloof St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Clinic in Peoria.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 4:23 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Bustos stated “These people who claim that they were patriots, are as far from being patriots as anybody I can think of.”
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
It’s estimated that nearly 1,100 people in Illinois develop Radon-based lung cancer each year.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 6:06 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins and Howard Packowitz
The leader of Carle BroMenn pleads with the public to protect themselves from COVID.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 5:23 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
In an effort to recover, Dream Center Peoria loaded a box truck with donations of bedding, toiletries and personal hygiene items.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
The old salt dome at the Tazewell County Highway Department was damaged after strong winds. The roof collapsed, leaving the salt exposed to the elements.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 5:30 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Amtrak trains between St. Louis and Chicago, will now be travelling at regular speeds of 90 miles per hour.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
December is the prime time of the year for people who steal packages from others’ doorsteps, or porch pirates as they’re commonly called.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Health care facilities helping families in need this holiday season
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:03 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
50 years of free meals on Christmas Eve
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Around this time of year, airports are usually ready to handle high-volumes of travelers.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 5:10 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Nearly 5.5 million people are expected to be traveling for the holidays, just in the state of Illinois alone.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Galesburg teen arrested, faces child abduction and firearm charges.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 5:23 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Stage production that gives audience a look at the lives of Santa’s Scout Elves
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 8:37 PM CST
|By Skylar Collins
Libraries decorating Christmas trees with winter clothes, and donating them to families in need.
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