Peoria Mayor Rita Ali comfortably defeated city councilman John Kelly Tuesday night securing herself another four-year term as Peoria's mayor. Ali defeated Kelly by a margin of 9,950 votes to ...

Editor's note: Rita Ali was the first Black woman elected to an at-large council seat in Peoria. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information. Peoria Mayor Rita Ali is running ...

Outgoing 2nd District city councilman Chuck Grayeb is throwing his support behind incumbent Mayor Rita Ali just three weeks ahead of Peoria's general election. Grayeb, who finished behind Ali and ...

The January 2025 Peoria Mayoral Primary Debate between Rita Ali, Chuck Grayeb and John Kelly. Watch the 2025 Peoria Mayoral Primary Debate between incumbent Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, and Peoria City ...

The Peoria City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on plans for a small shopping center at the intersection of University ...

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali will not be signing an ordinance passed by the city council last week that would allow the city to fine and jail homeless people for camping outside, saying she "cannot in ...

“In fact, we believe it will make it worse.” Indeed, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, who voted against the ordinance, fears that the ban will only exacerbate chronic street homelessness in a city where ...

Peoria’s mayor and city manager discuss crime, passenger rail, racial equity and more. Skip to Main Content Live TV Shows My Station My List Donate Support your local PBS station in our mission ...

PEORIA — History was made Tuesday night as the first woman and the first Black person was sworn in as Peoria's mayor. Rita Ali beamed broadly as the oath of office was administered to her by ...

Peoria City Councilman Chuck Grayeb is running ... the field of people running for mayor to three as he joins Mayor Rita Ali and at-large councilmember John Kelly in the mayoral race.