Pekin

UPDATED 3:30 P.M. TUESDAY | Pekin police say a 39-year-old Manito man is under arrest in connection with the death of a woman found Saturday in a…

UPDATED 7:15 p.m. | Tazewell County remains at an alert level for Legionnaires’ Disease with the latest case confirmed earlier this week.A third resident…

Don Bly wants to find out how the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ Disease wound up at the UAW Senior Citizen’s Center in Pekin.“It’s something that I’m…

A couple hundred people peacefully protested for racial justice outside the Tazewell County Courthouse in Pekin on Saturday afternoon. The mostly white…

Starting Monday, Pekin City Hall and all other Pekin city facilities will close to the public in an effort to maintain "social distancing" and limit the…

The past president of the Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals spoke Wednesday in Pekin for a National Recovery Month networking luncheon. Mark…

A recently closed Central Illinois confectionary institution is coming back under new ownership. The family-owned Maurie’s Candy Store in Pekin was…

Tazewell County will be home to one of 40 new dementia care sites in Illinois.The state Department of Healthcare and Family Services approved John Evans…

A 55-year-old Pekin woman is dead after her motorized scooter was struck by a vehicle on Saturday night. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said…

The city of Pekin is tackling human trafficking with new regulations on Asian bodywork parlors. The city council voted unanimously Monday to pass new…