Steve Stein
CorrespondentSteve Stein is an award-winning news and sports writer and editor. Most recently, he covered Tazewell County communities for the Peoria Journal Star for 18 years.
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For nearly a decade, green space and a parking area off East Jefferson Street owned by the Village of Morton has been called “Church Square” by village residents. But it wasn’t an official name. -
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. -
A business that needs code compliance work to open in Morton can now apply for a grant specifically created for that work. -
A resurfacing project on U.S. Business Route 24 in the downtown Washington square has grown. The Washington City Council on Tuesday approved resurfacing parking areas and repairing sidewalks. -
The Tazewell County Board has approved the appointment of assistant county administrator Mindy Darcy as interim county administrator. She's replacing Mike Deluhery, who resigned. -
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. -
Former Washington Mayor Gary Manier, the city's longest-serving mayor, was honored Monday with at a city council meeting. Manier did not attend the meeting because of another commitment. -
A nearly $600,000 bid to repair the historic Candlewood Bridge in Washington has been rejected by the city and the project will be rebid. -
The numbers are in on the Education Association of Pekin's "Stuff the Bus" school supplies campaign for Pekin Public Schools students, the first community project undertaken by the 65-year-old union. -
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.
