2/20/2024
The Heroes came out in spades to be honored Feb. 20 at the Rio Vista Community Center in Peoria.
2/8/2024
Peoria Unified student Cougarjade Reyes is even more powerful than his unrivaled name hints at.
2/8/2024
For his work in the field of cyber security, Peoria Unified student Cougarjade Reyes has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Leader of Tomorrow category.
1/22/2024
When it comes to professional sports, there’s always going to be a time when somebody needs to step up and make that clutch play.
1/22/2024
For her service to the greater community, former Peoria Diamond Club General Manager Rosalind Shanley has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the Cheerleader category.
12/22/2023
Peorians this side of the century know Vicki Hunt as a long-time civil servant who was elected four times for a total of 16 years. But the younger folks might not know that she taught at Peoria High …
12/22/2023
For her service to the greater community, former Councilmember Vicki Hunt has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the category of Lifetime Acheivement.
12/14/2023
Lori Jensen has always had a passion for community service, but it hit particularly hard just before businesses and school closed for the pandemic, in 2020.
12/14/2023
For her service to the greater community Jensen has been named a Peoria Independent Hometown Hero.
11/29/2023
The son of a sheep herder, Bobby Gonzalo spent his early years in a Peoria that probably wouldn’t be recognizable to the average resident today, one that was still steeped in its agricultural ways.
11/13/2023
Peoria Mayor Jason Beck is a staunch supporter of Israel in the war against terrorist group Hamas.
11/6/2023
Gavin Linderman was still a student at Peoria Accelerated High School when his band, Desole, signed a record deal with California-based Abacus Recordings, a subsidiary of Century Media.
