The Peoria City Council recently held a study session to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget. With the total estimated at $995 million, city officials were homed in on
The city of Peoria is taking the first steps toward establishing an aviation unit for its first responders. The idea for the Peoria Police & Fire Aviation Unit came after Peoria Mayor Jason Beck secured $3.5 million in funding for a helicopter. From there, discussions of a combined aviation unit for police and fire turned into plans for implementing air patrol and search and
Peoria Mayor Jason Beck started planning his trip to Israel almost as soon as he learned of Hamas’ gruesome attack on Oct. 7. The 10-day trip would be his sixth