Peoria Mayor Rita Ali is running for reelection and will have at least one opponent from within the Peoria City Council. Ali announced her bid for reelection on Tuesday. At-large city councilmember ...

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 newly ...

Rita Ali and John Kelly had starkly contrasting campaigns and routinely sparred at debates and in the media over their visions for Peoria.

While Ali said Thursday that Peoria was in a strong financial position now, she and City Manager Patrick Urich also recognized that there are financial challenges in the city's purview that will ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Mayor Rita Ali announced Tuesday afternoon that she will run for re-election for an anticipated second term, expanding on the work her administration has done over ...

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 ...

Ali was the first woman and first Black person to be elected mayor in the city of Peoria. John Kelly is an at-large city councilmember.

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 ...