Pekin

A Pekin man charged with killing two of his friends will stay in custody at least until a mental fitness evaluation is completed.

The Pekin Country Club is moving forward with new owners.

The Tazewell County state’s attorney has filed two first-degree murder charges against the suspect in custody in connection with a fatal shooting early Thursday morning in South Pekin.

The Tazewell County coroner has identified two Pekin men killed in a shooting early Thursday morning.

Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting early Thursday in Pekin.

Incumbent Dave Nutter, who was re-elected Tuesday to the Pekin City Council, had some words of advice for Jake Fletcher and Peg Phillips, who also were elected.

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.

The gloves came off Thursday as the six candidates running for three open seats on the Pekin City Council made what could be their final pitches to voters with the April 1 election less than three weeks away.

A Peoria-area cannabis law attorney and business consultant wants to bring a locally-owned dispensary to downtown Pekin.

The activation process for traffic lights installed in one of Pekin's major intersections begins Monday. The lights at Court Street and Stadium Drive will flash yellow on Court and red on Stadium and East Shore Drive from Monday through March 12, when the lights will be fully operational.