Pekin

The transfer of Pekin Community High School bus transportation services from the City of Pekin to District 303 is back on track.

Following Pekin's change from weekly to every-other-week recycling pickup that began as planned March 2, the city intends to roll out steps in the coming weeks that aim to calm those who oppose the switch.

An 82-year-old woman is dead after an accident with her vehicle in her driveway in Pekin, authorities said.

The Pekin City Council is expected to vote on a legal end to its proposed agreement with data center developer Western Hospitality Partners at its next meeting March 23.

Pekin will no longer consider having a data center built in the community. Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement Monday in a statement she read at a city council meeting.

Pekin gas stations have been given the opportunity to sell sell packaged liquor. The city council voted 5-1 this week to allow gas stations to apply for the requisite liquor license.

Pekin City Council members Dave Nutter and Jake Fletcher said Monday they will vote against the proposed data center in the city. There are seven council members, so two more "no" votes would kill the project.

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress took time out from calling 2025 the city's breakout year in her "State of the City Address" to assure residents that a data center project is still in the exploratory stage.

Nearly 2,000 signatures on petitions opposing a proposed data center in Pekin were turned in Monday to the Pekin City Council.

The recent federal government shutdown caused the Federal Correctional Institution in Pekin to fall behind on its payments to Pekin for city services. That was resolved this week when the city council approved a contract with the prison.