East Peoria

Authorizing the upgraded stoplights for the corner of Centennial Drive and Highview Road was among several East Peoria City Council actions this week, along with a liquor code update that will allow the permanent sale of carry-out mixed drinks.

The move comes months after the Illinois Gaming Board approved Boyd Gaming's plans to redevelop the Par-A-Dice Casino at its existing East Peoria location after Peoria’s attempt to lure the gambling operation across the river. The updated ordinance says video gaming machines in hotels and motels are "disfavored and detrimental" to East Peoria.

Council members voted unanimously to approve a five-year contract adding 10 Flock license plate readers in East Peoria, despite opposition in and outside the council chambers.

The city council on Tuesday night weighs a decision to add 10 more cameras to the 15 it already has. Opponents from Central Illinois anti-Flock groups hope to press council members by demonstrating in Levee Park before the meeting. The village of Creve Coeur has its own decisions to make.

More than three months after officers and staff transferred to the new facility, the East Peoria Police Department held an official grand opening for its spacious new headquarters on Camp Street.

East Peoria city leaders support a proposal to add 10 more Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras to the police department’s existing system that’s been in place four years.

The last two grass-and-dirt diamonds at the EastSide Centre sports complex in East Peoria will be converted to synthetic turf.

Tazewell County dispatchers want a raise. They'll have to get it through their union and collective bargaining. That was the essence of what TC3 governance board chair John Kahl told them at a board meeting.

Voters in East Peoria are being asked to adjust the tax rate for the Fondulac District Library, but administrators say the requested increase doesn't actually raise taxes.

East Peoria Mayor John Kahl announced he will run for a third four-year term in a social media post, saying that holding the office “has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”