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Latest Pekin news
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Pekin has put the brakes on renewing its annual contract with CityLink until several questions are answered. The city council and CityLink representatives will talk at the council's July 27 meeting. -
The City of Pekin has created a time capsule that will be opened July 4, 2076, on the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The capsule is in the City Hall lobby. -
Dennis Kenser Jr., 50, of rural Manito, died early Wednesday after a crash involving a second vehicle in Pekin. -
There's a new $3,200 podium in the city council meeting room at Pekin City Hall. It's a gift from the family of the late Bill Jansen, who served as Pekin's city clerk from 1939 to 1979. -
Illinois American Water won't purchase Pekin's wastewater system. Within two minutes Monday, the Pekin City Council discussed and rejected a proposal to enter into negotiations with the water company. -
Pekin residents who want to learn about Illinois American Water's proposed purchase of the city's wastewater system can do so Thursday during an open house at City Hall. -
Pekin City Council members have struggled with their iPads. They've often been unable to reply to emails. The purchase of seven laptop/tablets for nearly $19,000 will hopefully solve the problems. -
John C. Griffith, CEO of American Water Works took home more than $7 million in 2025. Now, the Citizens Utility Board said its subsidiary, Illinois American Water is trying to overcharge Illinois customers by more than $50 million through a rate hike request before state regulators. -
The Tazewell County Board voted Wednesday to freeze County Clerk John Ackerman's salary at $101,069 for the next four years, rejecting a 3% annual raise in a meeting that became a prolonged public airing of grievances. -
The city's residential Tax Increment Financing program allows people who build new homes in certain districts to get the cost of their lot paid back over 10 years through the increased property taxes the new home generates.
