August, 2018 Stories | Peoria Standard

CITY OF PEORIA: ART, Inc. Selected as a State Farm Neighborhood Assist® Top 200 Finalist Proposed Community Art Center Needs Your Votes

By Press release submission | Aug 22, 2018

Help us make history with a historic building. In 2018, ART,Inc purchased the former Greely School with plans to transform it into a community arts center. Offering FREE after-school art programs to youth in the community, Art, Inc. will be a Non-Profit co-op/incubator and provide affordable studio space for artists to create and share their work.

CITY OF PEORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT: Maui Jim “Maka Maka” Run/walk

By Press release submission | Aug 22, 2018

The annual Maui Jim/Friendship House Race will be Thursday, August 16, 2018.

CITY OF EAST PEORIA: City presents information on form of government referendum

By Press release submission | Aug 22, 2018

The information in the following links was prepared in anticipation of a referendum concerning whether the City should retain the commission form of municipal government

Canton City Council met August 21.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 22, 2018

Canton City Council met Tuesday, Aug. 21.

Edwards donors gave $154,771.17 to candidates since last major state elections

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 22, 2018

Over the last four years, 41 individual donors living in Edwards gave $154,771.17 to political candidates, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of state campaign finance data.

Canton reports 59 home sales so far this year

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 22, 2018

A home buyer who paid $185,000 to purchase a home on April 27 paid the top home sale price for Canton in the first six months of 2018, according to BlockShopper.com, which reported all home sales by city for January through June.

How much has Eureka CUD 140 overspent over the past 10 years?

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 22, 2018

Eureka Community Unit School District 140 accumulated $3.26 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.

CANTON CITY: Council Meeting Agenda

By Press release submission | Aug 22, 2018

Agenda - Canton City council Tuesday August 21, 2018 – 6:30pm

East Peoria donors gave $62,640.88 to candidates since last major state elections

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 21, 2018

Over the last four years, 63 individual donors living in East Peoria gave $62,640.88 to political candidates, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of state campaign finance data.

Farmington reports 9 home sales so far this year

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 21, 2018

A home buyer who paid $121,500 to purchase a home on Jan. 31 paid the top home sale price for Farmington in the first six months of 2018, according to BlockShopper.com, which reported all home sales by city for January through June.

How much has Elmwood CUSD 322 overspent over the past 10 years?

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 21, 2018

Elmwood Community Unit School District 322 accumulated $2.31 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.

Report: Which Metro Peoria communities saw the most fires in 2017?

By Local Labs News Service | Aug 21, 2018

Fairview-Caseyville Twp Fire Protection District, Buckheart Fire Protection District and Green Valley Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Metro Peoria in 2017, according to the latest state report.