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The 1,000-acre Lutticken property belongs to Pekin. Mayor Mary Burress announced Monday the city had closed earlier in the day on its $14 million purchase of the property.
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Steve Stein/WCBUThe Pekin City Council on Monday approved the sale of about 321 acres of the Lutticken Farm property to Western Hospitality Partners for $4.5 million so it can build a data center. -
Steve Stein/WCBUThree agenda items that failed to pass a week earlier were passed Monday by the Pekin City Council during a special meeting.
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The Pekin City Council on Monday approved a zoning change from B-1 Local Business to B-3 General Business requested by Kroger for its store at 1607 Broadway St. The rezoning will allow Kroger to install up to six video gaming terminals inside the store. -
Record numbers tell the story of the Tony Fulk Memorial Classic youth soccer tournament, which is fast becoming a Memorial Day weekend tradition in Pekin. Some 100 teams from 27 clubs throughout Illinois participated in the tournament last weekend. -
A Pekin man charged with killing two of his friends will stay in custody at least until a mental fitness evaluation is completed. -
The Pekin Country Club is moving forward with new owners. -
The Tazewell County state’s attorney has filed two first-degree murder charges against the suspect in custody in connection with a fatal shooting early Thursday morning in South Pekin. -
The Tazewell County coroner has identified two Pekin men killed in a shooting early Thursday morning.
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Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting early Thursday in Pekin.
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Incumbent Dave Nutter, who was re-elected Tuesday to the Pekin City Council, had some words of advice for Jake Fletcher and Peg Phillips, who also were elected. -
Epic Medical is coming to Pekin. Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical founder and CEO Freddie Lee signed papers that pave the way for the Singapore-based company to build a $25 million medical equipment manufacturing facility in the city's Riverway Business Park. -
The gloves came off Thursday as the six candidates running for three open seats on the Pekin City Council made what could be their final pitches to voters with the April 1 election less than three weeks away.
