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Audience members at a Pekin City Council meeting cheer an announcement by Mayor Mary Burress that the city is no longer interested in having a data center built in the community.
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Data center won't be built in Pekin
Steve Stein
Pekin will no longer consider having a data center built in the community. Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement Monday in a statement she read at a city council meeting.
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Chrisman teen dies after being hit in head by line drive
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Woodford County joins 40 counties in planting 25 trees for 4-H's Green Communities project
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