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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A suspect is in custody and receiving treatment at a Peoria hospital after a shooting, explosion and fire early Sunday morning in a Washington neighborhood near U.S. 24 and North Cummings Lane. -
A troublesome 700-foot water main under Bondurant Street just west of Washington Community High School will be replaced this summer. The Washington City Council approved a low bid of about $270,000. -
Sales tax revenue from the proposed first adult-use cannabis dispensary in Washington may give residents property tax relief. The possibility was brought up during a Washington City Council meeting. -
An estimated $2.5 million project to replace the "outdated" Furrow Road Bridge has received a $500,000 shot in the arm from the federal government. Congressman Darin LaHood announced the funding Tuesday. -
Washington is the latest Greater Peoria community to ban the sale of kratom. But in Washington's case, the sale of synthetic kratom is no longer allowed while a natural kratom product can be sold, after lab testing. -
Tazewell County's downtown Pekin campus is getting a makeover. In a project that county officials said is long overdue, improvements will be made to the grounds at the buildings. -
The board on Wednesday approved a zoning code amendment that prohibits "any use of land which is not explicitly allowed under the code or as adopted by supplemental ordinance." -
The normally routine purchase of a new truck caused a bit of a stir at a Pekin City Council meeting. The 2026 Ford F-550 with a dump body will replace a 2003 dump truck that's in terrible shape. -
The clock is running for the developer of a proposed data center in Pekin. City Attorney Jim Vasselli said Monday the city is pressing Western Hospitality Partners to make a decision on the project. -
Washington police dog Styx loves his tennis ball. So much that he accidentally swallowed it and had to have it surgically removed. But he's OK. Police Chief Jeff Stevens said Styx is recovering well.
