Mary Burress

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.

A proposed adult-use cannabis dispensary in downtown Pekin passed a significant milestone Monday. The Pekin City Council unanimously approved a special use for Miggy's Shop at 359 Court St., the former Classical Dance Academy.

The city was three years behind on its required budget audits when Burress was elected in 2023. Because of that predicament, the city has been on a "do not pay" list for state grants for projects.

Pekin Mayor Mayor Burress says she “cannot speak” to why her name was mentioned during a plea hearing Wednesday in Tazewell County Court.