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.

Peoria Charter Coach Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to restructure its debt and keep its buses running, after being unable to make the final balloon payment on a COVID-19 loan.

Along with a number of high-profile airline bankruptcies throughout 2025, companies providing bus and other road transportation services have also struggled with an economic downturn and a changing ...

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 ...

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 ...

The owner of Peoria Charter Coach, one of the largest bus companies in Illinois, said he’ll close down the business in November without adequate federal and state aid. There’s a $90,000 bus license ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN — Peoria Charter Coach will expand its direct motorcoach service between Champaign-Urbana and Chicago starting Monday, the company's local operations manager said. On Monday, the company ...