PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The over-the-road bus company that puts Peoria’s name across the state has filed for bankruptcy. According to records from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Peoria, Peoria Charter ...

The Peoria Charter Coach Co. is a local business success story. The company, whose buses carry the Peoria name all over the country, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. In 1941, Walt Winkler ...

Peoria Charter Coach filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, a setback for a venerable Peoria-based business that serves thousands of customers a year. The company filed its petition for Chapter ...

Buses in a line at Peoria Charter at the intersection of Federal and Kenyon roads in Urbana on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Peoria Charter at the intersection of Federal And Kenyon roads in Urbana on ...

In 1941, William Winkler's grandfather started Peoria Charter Coach using a loan he received from his sister, who made her money selling eggs. There is now a mural painted in the offices of Peoria ...

Peoria Charter buses are shown Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at the company's expanded Urbana location. Reporter Peoria Charter buses are shown Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at the company's expanded Urbana ...

GILMAN, Illinois – High school students narrowly escaped when their charter bus caught fire on a trip from Champaign to Chicago. The Peoria Charter Coach bus was northbound on Interstate 57 when the ...