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WEEK-DT3 "Peoria-Bloomington CW". WEEK-TV (channel 25) is a television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC, ABC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township, Tazewell County.
Peoria was incorporated as a town in 1835, having then a population of about 1,600. In 1845, it was incorporated as a city. [24] [1] The County Courthouse was a log cabin, rented for $1 a day. [25] [26] By 1835, a new two-story building was constructed (near the present-day Bob Michel bridge). [26]
Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur. [7]
PEORIA – WEEK-TV morning meteorologist Joe Strus is leaving the station. Strus announced that he had accepted a job with National Weather Service in Minneapolis during his final broadcast ...
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — One man was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate shootings hours apart in Peoria, continuing a spate of gun violence that started in the central Illinois ...
East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,484 at the 2020 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, located across the Illinois River from downtown Peoria. It is home to many Caterpillar Inc. facilities.
9:49 p.m. — Peoria High playoff ends early. A tough draw ended Peoria High's playoff season in the first round. The Lions (7-3) lost to state power Joliet Catholic (7-3) 40-16 in a Class 5A ...
WTVP. WTVP (channel 47) is a PBS member television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, owned by the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. The station's studios are located on State Street in downtown Peoria, and its transmitter is located along Interstate 474 in East Peoria. Serving as the Peoria area's public ...