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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The 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. -
The first full-time firefighters in the Morton Fire Department's nearly 150-year history have a five-year contract with the village after their union ratified the agreement last week. -
The Washington City Council has created a new city leadership role: Deputy city administrator. It's not an entirely new position, as the person taking the job must be a city department head. -
Washington Plaza will soon be all about Christmas. The City Council on Monday approved the purchase of a 26-foot artificial Christmas tree that will be placed in the shopping center's parking lot. -
Washington Community High School is bringing its bus transportation service for special education students in-house. Superintendent Kyle Freeman said the switch is a money-saver for the high school. -
A 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. -
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. -
Now that all the vacancies have been filled on Washington city boards and commissions, the city is taking action to discourage the poor attendance that plagued some of those bodies in the past. -
The Washington City Council is moving forward with plans to create a deputy city administrator position. Changes to the ordinance that creates the job were approved unanimously Monday by the council. -
The Washington City Council launched its search for a new city administrator Monday. The overriding theme of a recruitment kickoff meeting was finding a city administrator who will stay for several years.
