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Pekin city staff asked for a 4.9% increase in the city's property tax levy for the next fiscal year. City Council members reduced it to 4%.
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Latest Pekin News
- Pekin City Council puts off property tax levy decision
- Developer of Court Street property will get about $2 million in sales tax rebates from Pekin
- NPR political expert Ron Elving visits Central Illinois for event focused on bipartisanship in government
- Pekin's $10,000 forgivable TIF loan to the Center for Prevention of Abuse is back in place
- Pekin residents question council members about roads, home rule and more
- Pekin council splits on spending $150K for new ‘welcome’ signs
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Submitted photo/City of PekinThe City of Pekin took steps Monday to restrict public access to the Lutticken property it purchased for $14 million earlier this year, while it markets the land to prospective developers. -
Steve Stein/WCBUA contractor hired by the city of Pekin has delinquent property tax issues with the city. So, the city has launched an effort to ensure companies that bid for city work don't have similar issues.
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Pekin will no longer provide school bus service for Pekin Community High School and District 108 students at the end of this school year. Getting to the finish line of the arrangement has been difficult. -
The historic Tazewell County Courthouse in Pekin is having some long-awaited work done. The county board on Wednesday approved hiring Summit Masonry to clean and seal the exterior of the courthouse. -
City property on Court Street that's located in one of Pekin's busiest commercial areas but is currently being used as a stormwater facility, has been sold to a developer for $100,000. -
A Tazewell County resident is dead after an early Saturday morning multi-vehicle collision on Pekin’s south side. -
The Pekin City Council on Monday approved paying bonuses totaling $10,000 to school bus department administrators to encourage them to stay with the city until it gets out of the school bus business. -
Tazewell County prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against a 93-year-old Pekin man accused of killing his wife. James Pate remains in custody in the Tazewell County Jail following his arrest Tuesday afternoon for allegedly causing the death of Cheryl Pate, 80. -
A request by Tazewell County Resource Centers for a TIF commercial building improvement grant to help pay for renovations at its downtown Pekin building was barely approved Monday by the city council. -
The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration with a public open house reception on Tuesday. The event commemorates the exact day in 1975 when President Gerald Ford officially dedicated the nation’s only independent congressional research center and archive. -
The Pekin City Council on Monday unanimously approved renewing the city's annual contract with Flock Safety for the 54 license plate reading cameras installed throughout the community. -
Members of the Education Association of Pekin union are collecting school supplies for Pekin Public Schools District 108 students.
