SPRING BAY - Developer Kim Blickenstaff made news last month with his proposal to turn the long-abandoned riverfront site of Al Fresco amusement park in Peoria Heights into a new tourist eco-destination.

PEORIA - A man told police he was beaten and robbed Thursday night as he walked near the south edge of Downtown Peoria.

PEORIA - A shooting early Friday in South Peoria - the third there in about four hours - left a man fighting for his life at a hospital, police said.

PEORIA - Buildings don't often make the college experience memorable for students - but the new Business and Engineering Convergence Center might be the exception to the rule.

PEORIA - Shootings early Friday at or near a South Peoria nightclub resulted in injuries to two people, police stated.