City of Pekin

Becky Cloyd is resigning from the Pekin City Council, effective immediately. Cloyd made the announcement in a social media post, saying she made the decision with “mixed emotions.”

The city of Pekin is taking a new approach to interacting with its homeless population by hiring a social worker dedicated to working with unhoused individuals.

After eight years as Pekin's police chief, John Dossey believes the timing is right for him to accept the full-time duties of the city manager.

A full demolition is underway on the entire west half of the Pekin Township Office building, following a second partial collapse of the structure Thursday afternoon.

Pekin Township Supervisor Shannon Saal said crews on the site Thursday morning were addressing the damage to the roof, and an exterior wall at an adjacent property in the 400 block of Elizabeth Street.

Pekin's city council remains divided over apparent personal differences, evidenced by a recent split vote on naming police chief John Dossey as the full-time city manager. In her latest quarterly interview with WCBU, Mayor Mary Burress discusses her desire to move the city forward.

Mark Rothert was fired by the Pekin city council in October 2022. He briefly served as the Galesburg interim public works director before landing the job in the Quad Cities.

In October, Pekin officials approved an update to the city code, assessing a fee of 2.5% of net revenue from each gaming terminal in the city. Two businesses sued, claiming that the percentage-based fee actually constituted a tax and was therefore barred by Illinois’ Video Gaming Act.

The City of Pekin is several months into the development of a master plan for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements.

A pipe bomb at Pekin City Hall Thursday made a momentary scare and a real-time test of emergency response practices. Pekin Police found a pipe bomb in a…