Peoria Public Works committed $10 million to reconstruct parts of Moss Avenue between Western and Sheridan Road. Moss Avenue is part of the city’s Moss-High Historic District, known for its historical ...

In a matter of months Mariah Cooley has gone from Miss Black Peoria USA to Miss Black Illinois USA. This gives her the ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

While in Peoria, Illinois, he was able to recruit four ... the Peoria Arizona Historical Society noted. The area gained more prominence in 1888 when its first U.S. Post Office was established.