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Im moving down to Peoria in the next few months, what areas should i avoid looking for places? Were a gay couple from the Rockford area and are looking to find some place less sketchy than the usual neighborhoods in rkfd. Ive heard good things about Peoria Heights and areas in East Peoria, but our budget is pushing us closer towards downtown. Any recommendations are great! TIA!

E: Thank you all for the recs! Definitely going to look for some places in West Peoria, super excited to check the area out!

I just had a couple of guys at my door from IDT asking to see my Ameren bill, claiming that they needed to check to make sure I wasn’t being overcharged. Seemed fishy to me, so I put them off. After they left, I checked Reddit and saw some past posts about it: IDT is a third party supplier and they do this to get you to switch. Maybe not exactly a scam, but they were definitely not being forthright about what they were doing

Some parents still had not heard by 10pm the night before school started, the evening of August 18th, 2026, what their child's bus schedule or stop location was.

This morning, some parents gave up and just took their student to school. Others had no option to do that, even though the bus never came.

Some buses were so full that they are sending "overflow" buses to the same neighborhoods.

It's the night/morning before school starts - and this is what we get from the geniuses at District 108 Central Office?

They can do better. Our kids deserve better. This is an embarrassing failure for the district.

I'm posting this in the hopes that it catches on and some accountability will be taken by the district.

The parents of Pekin's students deserve an explanation.

A Reuters Connect photo credited to the Peoria Journal Star/USA TODAY Network says the final eight in the 2026 Content Creators contest were chosen Monday—but we haven’t found an official Journal Star article yet.

If we’re identifying everyone in the photo correctly, the apparent final eight are:

• Jamiah Dunlop
• Seth Boyer
• Kayla Boyd
• Chris LeCrone
• Carlos Wyant / Illinois Storm Trackers
• Ava Mikell
• Marlee Wren
• Cassie and Seth Babcock / Fairview Cafe

Moving to Peoria soon. I've previously gone to Planet Fitness (in Peoria) and noticed that it doesn't have the best selection of machines for me.

Which gym has the most/best equipment selection? I'd like to try something different than PF

Fucking $106 bill for 256kw/h and 11 therms.

$26 in actual usage. $79 in fixed fees.

I hate Ameren.

That's it, that's the post. Thank you for reading it.

Hello! My job is hiring licensed EMTs, pay is $24 an hour.

This is NOT an ambulance role. We are an industrial facility.

Comment if you are interested and I'd love to give you more info.

Hi everyone! I was approved to do Spark last month and was wondering if it is worth it in this area? Can you make good money doing it or any tips or tricks would be appreciated. I do have pretty bad anxiety and am trying to push myself to do it. Thanks so much!

Specifically, the big move day is Saturday 8/22. If you can, I'd avoid the University Main intersection like the plague that day, as well as the general Bradley area.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
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🥕 Village of Carlock Farmers Market (5:00 PM) — Carlock City Park (Carlock)
☘️ Peoria Irish Fest Pre-Fest Concert: BIIRD with The Roundstone Buskers (6:30 PM) — Kelleher’s Irish Pub & Eatery (Peoria)
🏛️ John Wesley Powell: Bloomington-Normal to the Arid Lands with Bill Kemp (6:30 PM) — McLean County Museum of History (Bloomington)
🌶️ Let’s Get Spicy! Cooking Class (6:30 PM) — Lori’s Kitchen Store (Washington)
🎶 Music in the Gazebo: Vital Signs (7:00 PM) — Heyworth Gazebo (Heyworth)
🎨 Paint Nite at Kickback on Fulton (7:00 PM) — Kickback on Fulton (Peoria)
👢 Tuesday Line Dancing (7:00 PM) — Katie’s Corner Tap (Groveland)
🎻 Gregory Alan Isakov with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra (7:30 PM) — Peoria Civic Center (Peoria)
🎤 Red Barn Open Mic Tuesdays (8:00 PM) — Red Barn (Peoria)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
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💻 Senior Mornings: Tech Q&A (10:00 AM) — Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria)
🥕 West Peoria Farmers Market (4:00 PM) — Franciscan Recreation Complex (West Peoria)
🎶 LIVE @ Uptown Circle: Colt Ball (6:00 PM) — Uptown Circle (Normal)
🎸 TourBus Concert Series: Union Avenue (6:00 PM) — DESTIHL Brewery & Beer Hall (Normal)
🎨 Paint Nite at Crafted Coffee & Wine (6:30 PM) — Crafted Coffee & Wine (Bloomington)
🚲 Whacky Wednesday Ride (6:30 PM) — Peoria Heights (Peoria Heights)
👢 Friendship Line Dancing [21+] (7:00 PM) — Friendly Valley Tavern (Peoria)
💃 Line Dancing Under the Stars with Mike Kaufmann (7:00 PM) — Industry Brewing Company (Peoria)
🎸 The Chris Mondak Band (7:00 PM) — Smash House Live (Bloomington)
😂 Hump Day Comedy Wednesdays / Date Night (7:30 PM) — Westside BloNo (Bloomington)
🎭 Into the Woods (7:30 PM) — Corn Stock Theatre (Peoria)
🎭 Les Misérables (7:30 PM) — Peoria Players Theatre (Peoria)
🎸 Umphrey’s McGee [SOLD OUT] (8:00 PM) — Friendly Valley Tavern (Peoria)
🎶 Cousin Eli Aftershow (11:00 PM) — Kenny’s Westside Pub (Peoria)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
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🎬 They Shall Not Grow Old Screenings (3:00 PM and 6:30 PM) — Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria)
🥕 Pekin Farmers Market (3:30 PM) — 551 S. 14th Street (Pekin)
🚶 Rove and Ramble (5:00 PM) — Washington Square (Washington)
🏍️ St. Jude Summer Ride with Broken Mojo (5:25 PM) — OZ’Z Bar & Grill (Creve Coeur)
🏛️ Downtown Bloomington Architecture Tour (5:30 PM) — McLean County Museum of History (Bloomington)
🦁 Miller Park Zoo Sensory Tour (5:30 PM) — Miller Park Zoo (Bloomington)
🎷 LIVE @ Uptown Circle: Reginald Lewis Quartet (6:00 PM) — Uptown Circle (Normal)
🎨 Paint Nite at The Hub (6:00 PM) — The Hub (Bloomington)
🍶 Wine Workshop with Doug: What Is Sake? (6:00 PM) — UFS Outlet (Peoria)
🎶 Music in the Park: Goodnight Gracie (6:30 PM) — Fondulac District Library (East Peoria)
🖥️ American Vacation: Celebrating 250 Years with the Smithsonian (7:00 PM) — Bloomington Public Library Online (Bloomington)
🎤 Big Daddy Weave (7:00 PM) — Fairbury Fair (Fairbury)
🎸 T MINUS 3 (7:30 PM) — Martini’s on Water Street (Peoria)
🎙️ Whisper and Shout: Open Mic for Poetry (8:00 PM) — Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Peoria)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
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🦁 FriYay at Glen Oak Park (All Day) — Peoria Zoo and Peoria PlayHouse (Peoria)
🚌 Grandview Drive Tour (1:00 PM) — Tower Park (Peoria Heights)
🥕 Abingdon Farmers Market (4:00 PM) — 101 S. Main Street (Abingdon)
🥕 East Peoria Farmers Market (4:00 PM) — 361 W. Washington Street (East Peoria)
🎸 KASINO: Wildfire Concert Series (6:00 PM) — Wildlife Prairie Park (Hanna City)
🎶 TourBus Concert Series: Easy Riders (6:00 PM) — DESTIHL Brewery & Beer Hall (Normal)
🎸 TT (6:00 PM) — Crusens on War Memorial (Peoria)
🎬 Something’s Gotta Give (6:30 PM) — Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria)
🎸 Black Velvet (7:00 PM) — Whitey’s on 29 (Creve Coeur)
🤘 Cemetery Gatez & The Plumberss (7:00 PM) — Twisted Spoke Saloon (Pekin)
🎶 Fusion Mellow (7:00 PM) — Industry Brewing Company (Peoria)
🎸 Harlem Hayfield with Joel Gragg & The Filaments (7:00 PM) — Kenny’s Westside Pub (Peoria)
🤠 Kentuckiana Opry with Harmony Grits (7:00 PM) — Kentuckiana Kampground (Mackinaw)
🎶 LIVE @ Connie Link: The Rusty Pickups (7:00 PM) — Connie Link Amphitheatre (Normal)
😂 Make Us Laugh Comedy Showcase (7:00 PM) — Analytical Brewing (Peoria)
🤠 Shenandoah & BlackHawk (7:00 PM) — Fairbury Fair (Fairbury)
🎶 Summer Sessions Concert Series: 3 and a Half Men (7:00 PM) — Brienzo’s Pizza + Bar (Peoria)
📖 Next to Normal Story Slam: Every Picture Tells a Story (7:30 PM) — McLean County Arts Center (Bloomington)
🤘 Decade of Decadence (8:00 PM) — CEFCU Center Stage (Peoria)
🎸 The Holdouts (8:00 PM) — Katie’s Corner Tap (Groveland)
🎸 The Wes Duffy Project (8:00 PM) — Brasky’s Bar & Grill (Peoria)
🎉 Off Campus Night: The Official Party [SOLD OUT] (Doors 8:00 PM; Show 9:00 PM) — The Castle Theatre (Bloomington)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
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🐕 UKC Agility Trials (All Day / Aug. 22–23) — Peoria Obedience Training Club (Peoria)
🌻 Sunflower Days Festival (All Day / Aug. 22–23) — Rader Family Farms (Normal)
🚴 No Baloney Bicycle Ride (5:30 AM) — Dunlap Prospect United Methodist Church (Dunlap)
🥕 Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market (7:30 AM; Micro Spice Duo at 9:30 AM) — Downtown Bloomington (Bloomington)
🛍️ Peoria RiverFront Market (8:00 AM) — River Station (Peoria)
🌈 10th Annual Rileystrong 5K Color Run (9:00 AM) — American Legion (Monmouth)
🐈 Crochet with Cats (9:00 AM) — 3226 N. University Street (Peoria)
🚚 Food Truck Frenzy & Car and Bike Show (9:00 AM) — Connect Center (Washington)
💎 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show (9:00 AM) — EastSide Centre (East Peoria)
🧵 Gems of the Prairie Quilt Show (9:00 AM) — Life Together Center (Peoria)
🛍️ Missions Makers Market (9:00 AM) — First Mennonite Church (Morton)
🍉 Watermelon Crawl (9:00 AM) — Mariah’s Mums & More (Clinton)
🥕 Canton Farmers Market (9:30 AM) — Downtown Jones Park (Canton)
📚 Author Visit: John Bowen, Sasquatch, Ninja, Clown (10:00 AM) — Bloomington Public Library (Bloomington)
🐝 Beekeeping, Blacksmithing & Car Cruise-In (10:00 AM) — Wheels O’ Time Museum (Dunlap)
🔹 Free Fourth Saturday at the Station (10:00 AM) — 101 E. Vernon Avenue (Normal)
🎶 Sista and the Misters at the East Peoria Duck Race (10:00 AM) — EastSide Centre (East Peoria)
🌽 Sweet Corn Circus (10:00 AM) — Uptown Normal (Normal)
🦆 38th Annual Duck Race (11:00 AM) — EastSide Centre (East Peoria)
🏍️ Caterpillar American Flat Track Peoria TT (11:00 AM) — Peoria Motorcycle Club (Bartonville)
💪 Tugfest (11:00 AM) — Psycho Silo Saloon (Langley)
🌎 48th Annual Cultural Fest (12:00 PM) — Miller Park (Bloomington)
⛳ Morton Fire & EMS Local 4962 Charity Golf Outing (12:00 PM) — Lick Creek Golf Course (Pekin)
🕷️ Spidey Swings into DQ at Grand Prairie (12:00 PM) — Dairy Queen at Grand Prairie (Peoria)
🚗 Whitey’s 29 Cruise-In (4:00 PM) — Whitey’s on 29 (Creve Coeur)
🌻 Sunflowers, S’mores & More (5:00 PM) — Tanner’s Orchard (Speer)
🪕 TourBus Concert Series: River Valley Rangers (6:00 PM) — DESTIHL Brewery & Beer Hall (Normal)
🌅 Sunflowers & Sunsets (6:30 PM) — Rader Family Farms (Normal)
🤘 Cemetery Gatez: The Pantera Tribute with Phantom Lordz [SOLD OUT] (Doors 7:00 PM; Show 8:00 PM) — The Castle Theatre (Bloomington)
🍷 Concert in the Vineyard: Sushi Roll (7:00 PM) — Mackinaw Valley Vineyard (Mackinaw)
🎸 Highway J: Pour Bros. Courtyard Concert Series (7:00 PM) — Pour Bros. Craft Taproom (Peoria Heights)
🎶 LIVE @ Connie Link: Biscuits N Gravy Band (7:00 PM) — Connie Link Amphitheatre (Normal)
🤼 Little Mania Mini Wrestling (7:30 PM) — Pub 52 (Mackinaw)
🎸 Austyn Weston Band (8:00 PM) — The Neon Bison (Peoria)
🎸 Balderdash (8:00 PM) — Industry Brewing Company (Peoria)
😂 Gary Owen: No Hard Feelings Tour (8:00 PM) — Prairie Home Alliance Theater (Peoria)
🎸 Heads in Motion: A Talking Heads Tribute [21+] (8:00 PM) — Friendly Valley Tavern (Peoria)
🎸 Jonny Quest (8:00 PM) — Martini’s on Water Street (Peoria)
🎸 Next Thing Smokin’ (9:00 PM) — Tin Lizard (East Peoria)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
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🛍️ Peoria Flea Market (8:00 AM) — Northwoods Mall (Peoria)
💎 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show (10:00 AM) — EastSide Centre (East Peoria)
🚗 Dan’s Sweet Kids Cruise-In & Car Show (11:00 AM) — 200 Block of Rusche Avenue (Creve Coeur)
🧵 Gems of the Prairie Quilt Show (11:00 AM) — Life Together Center (Peoria)
🌽 Sweet Corn Circus (11:00 AM) — Uptown Normal (Normal)
👨‍👧‍👦 2nd Annual Daddy Stroll: A Walk in the Park (12:00 PM) — White Oak Park (Bloomington)
🚜 9th Annual Lewistown Truck & Tractor Pull (12:00 PM) — Fulton County Fairgrounds (Lewistown)
🎪 Family Fun Fair (12:00 PM) — Wheels O’ Time Museum (Dunlap)
💍 The Elegant Wedding Expo (12:00 PM) — Embassy Suites (East Peoria)
🏎️ Super Car Sunday (1:00 PM) — Northwoods Mall (Peoria)
🎬 Something’s Gotta Give (2:30 PM) — Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria)
🎺 River Valley Big Band (6:30 PM) — Tower Park (Peoria Heights)
💃 Argentine Tango Practica (7:00 PM) — Contemporary Art Center of Peoria (Peoria)

I3 is finally setting up in our area and I was wondering about their service compared to Xfinity?

How is I3's customer service and dealing with outages?

We also have Xfinity mobile and would have to switch mobile carriers if we go with I3.

Hi all! I’m new to town and was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. I’m trying to get a general sense of what to expect cost-wise if I get a CPAP/APAP machine and supplies through OSF.
I know everyone’s costs will vary depending on insurance, deductible, etc., but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through OSF. How much did the machine cost, was it rent-to-own, and roughly what did you pay monthly? I’d also love to know what replacement masks, cushions, tubing, filters, and other supplies tend to cost and whether there were any unexpected charges or things you wish you had known beforehand.
Just trying to get a ballpark idea of what I should budget for. Thank you!

I need to be somewhere blue(politically) since I'm living in Arkansas currently and the heat and hatred in this state is too much. I have been searching places and landed on peoria in my searches. I am a part of the lgbt community and have a 12 year old daughter. I just wanna know what real people who really live there think. I'm tired of getting advice from people in smaller towns. What is peoria ACTUALLY like?

I know it’s a long shot but does anyone have or know anyone trying to get rid of a ticket for this show?

Thanks for the replies everyone but I have indeed gotten the tickets!

I live in Peoria IL and have some household decor items I would like to donate to a reputable organization. I have things like candlestick holders, wire breadbasket, Wilton Armetale plate, etc. Ideally I would like to see these go somewhere they will bring some joy. Thanks for any ideas!