Mary Burress

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.

The Pekin City Council on Monday approved the sale of about 321 acres of the Lutticken Farm property to Western Hospitality Partners for $4.5 million so it can build a data center.

Four agenda items, including the city's proposed 2025-26 fiscal year budget, went down to defeat Monday at a Pekin City Council meeting.

Epic Medical is coming to Pekin. Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical founder and CEO Freddie Lee signed papers that pave the way for the Singapore-based company to build a $25 million medical equipment manufacturing facility in the city's Riverway Business Park.