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 Morton Fire Department will start charging nursing homes and assisted living and independent living residences for some lift assist calls the department receives from those facilities.
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Plans for the annex call for it to be built on the site of the former Arcade and Tobin buildings, which are being demolished.
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Clint Kuhlman was fired last month by the not-for-profit fire department's board of directors.
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"The building isn't a loss. It can be repaired. The fire was extinguished quickly," said Public Works Director Brian Rittenhouse.
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A 13,000-square-foot gymnasium and community center will not be built in downtown Pekin.
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It seems Zo and Dani Evans were destined to be the new owners of Sucre Sweets and Socials.
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Washington City Council members Monday discussed plans by the city to purchase an approximately 40-space parking lot at 105 S. High St. and the rear half of a property at 107 S. High St. that is vacant and behind a single-family home.
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The Morton Fire Department was established in 1884. Later this year, the volunteer firefighters in the busy department will be joined for the first time by full-time firefighters.
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Permits were issued by city staff for 11 business projects, including four new construction projects, with a combined construction value of about $4.4 million.
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When will the $8 million Tangled Roots brewpub/restaurant under construction on the downtown square open? It's complicated.