Mary Burress

A potentially dangerous intersection in downtown Pekin soon will be converted into a four-way stop to make it safer.

The Pekin City Council on Monday delayed a decision on whether the city should renew its annual contract with Flock Safety for 54 license plate reading cameras. The issue was tabled until Aug. 24.

Seniors age 65 and older who live in an owner-occupied home in Pekin are eligible for a $1.50 discount on their monthly solid waste collection bill.

The proposed data center on Pekin's Lutticken Farms property wasn't on the agenda at Monday's council meeting. But it was discussed twice, and it was in the background of two items involving the Lutticken land.

Construction is about to begin on the Center for Prevention of Abuse’s new emergency domestic violence shelter in Pekin. The nonprofit social services organization held a groundbreaking for a rebuilt Carol House of Hope on a 1.8-acre property on 2nd Street acquired from the City of Pekin two years ago.

The proposed data center project in Pekin isn't dead. The legal process that would void the contract between the city and developer and result in the data center's demise still must play out.

Pekin city staff asked for a 4.9% increase in the city's property tax levy for the next fiscal year. City Council members reduced it to 4%.

Pekin's annexation of the majority of the 1,000-acre Lutticken property from Groveland Township left township officials with more questions than answers.

A coalition of mayors from communities along the Illinois River is working to protect the waterway and grow its economic opportunities.

Sue McMillan, Pekin's city clerk for 30 years, died April 28 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria after a short battle with cancer.