The Peoria Police Department met with area contractors this week to talk about ways to help them avoid becoming victims of theft.

The Peoria Unified School District is making plans to add another elementary school. The district says it’s needed because of what it says is explosive growth in the northwest Valley.

Authorities have identified human remains found last week as a woman who’s been missing for nearly two years.

Starting next year, Phoenix suburbs will be flush with something they’ve never had much of before: private non-profit colleges. Eight new schools are gearing up for satellite campuses in Peoria and Mesa.

Trine University will open a branch campus in the city of Peoria starting in 2013.

Arizona’s first bioscience incubator, BioInspire, opened its doors last week. 

Peoria is asking its residents what they think about the possibility of putting up digital billboards.

The Peoria Fire Department will receive a $930,000 federal grant to hire and train firefighters to staff Lake Pleasant.

Peoria Police are asking for help, after thieves broke into an elementary school for the eighth time in less than a year. A custodian noticed this most recent break-in Monday morning. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports.

The City of Peoria announced Monday  they’ve reached a new long-term agreement that will keep the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners in Peoria for spring training for the next two decades.