Becky Cloyd

The Pekin City Council voted Monday night to table a resolution which would dissolve their ethics commission and allow the council to handle code of conduct complaints internally.

Voters in Pekin have decisively chosen Mary Burress as the city’s next mayor, over current City Council members Becky Cloyd and Dave Nutter.

Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman has thrown his support behind Becky Cloyd, who is running for Pekin mayor in the April 4 election.

Pekin mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd says she didn’t do anything improper in supporting the sale of a city-owned downtown property to a developer who donated to her campaign.

Mark Luft has decided to step down as Pekin’s mayor a couple months ahead of his term’s scheduled end.

Becky Cloyd’s appeal to get her name back on the ballot in the Pekin mayoral race for the April election will be heard Jan. 5 in Tazewell County Circuit Court.

The Pekin Electoral Board voted Friday to remove mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd from the ballot, the latest twist in a deepening fracture among city leadership.

Pekin City Council member Becky Cloyd says she's not backing down from her mayoral campaign in the face of a pair of petition challenges aimed at keeping her name off the ballot.

Believing the time is right for him to step away from office, Pekin Mayor Mark Luft has opted against running for re-election in favor of supporting a bid by outgoing Tazewell County Treasurer Mary Burress.