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Heartland Salutes

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Join WMBD 31 “On the road” as we salute Central Illinois communities throughout the year.  We will be doing our 5 & 6 PM News LIVE from these communities!

Marcus Bailey will do Weather live from the town.  Bob Larson and Meg Marshall  will do Special Community features and live interviews. The local sports features with Kurt Pegler  will showcase the community teams. 

Heartland Salutes Princeville

The Village of Princeville was incorporated in 1874. Princeville is located just 15 miles from the Peoria, an urban population center of more 350,000. Princeville is linked by Interstate 74 and State Highways 90 and 91. The Burlington Northern - Santa Fe railroad passes along the village’s south side.

Princeville Area residents work to maintain its friendly, safe, clean and diverse image. The village, with its active and prosperous downtown, strives to enhance its economic vitality through retention and expansion of local businesses, new job creation and tax revenue. The people seek to build a modern infrastructure to support growth, while maintaining its small-town charm and sense of family and community.
 

Welcome to Princeville

Princeville Stories

  • Ukrainian Student Newcomer to Softball Watch Video
     She isn't your typical first-year high school softball player.
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  • Teacher You Should Know Watch Video
    PRINCEVILLE - Princeville's High School Band Director is putting music back into students lives. After the band and music program lost student's interest, Princeville's High School hired a new band leader.  
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  • Princeville 5-K Run Watch Video
    PRINCEVILLE - Next to the Heritage Museum you'll find an old one room school house. While most were used in the early 1900's, the akron school house still had graduates in 1958!
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  • Princeville Top of the Class Watch Video
    PRINCEVILLE - Princeville is a small community but it's turning out some big test scores. Princeville's High School was rated one of the top 42 high schools in the state. That's out of 669 schools in Illinois. That came out of prairie state ACT scores the junior's achieved in 2008. It's the first...
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  • Diamond in the Rough Watch Video
    PRINCEVILLE - In Princeville you'll find a rare gem, a man who has made jewelry for the stars. Doug Sutherland owns 'Just for you Jewelry' and worked with another area designer to make a necklace for Barbara Walters. A woman gave it to Walters when she was in town. The necklace says 'The...
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  • Princeville: "Winning Communities" Watch Video
    PRINCVILLE --Princeville is taking action to revitalize the village with an initiative called "winning communities".    
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  • Princeville Heritage Museum Watch Video
    PRINCEVILLE --Princeville's Heritage Museum has a new exhibit that's sure to have you dancing.  
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