Pekin

Believing the time is right for him to step away from office, Pekin Mayor Mark Luft has opted against running for re-election in favor of supporting a bid by outgoing Tazewell County Treasurer Mary Burress.

A new business in Pekin is the first of its kind in the state. Krown LLC is a cannabis infusion company, as well as being the first cannabis infusion company to be licensed through a Social Equity application.

A 20-year-old Pekin man now faces murder charges after the man he allegedly beat up died from his injuries.

The city of Pekin is developing a plan to revitalize its downtown business district along Court Street.

Reditus will cease all testing as of this Friday. The company was placed into receivership in April.

An upheaval in leadership gripped the City of Pekin on Monday night as City Manager Mark Rothert was fired by a split vote of the City Council.

The agenda for Monday’s regular meeting shows the Pekin City Council will enter an executive session before considering resolutions to terminate a city employee and assign an “interim city manager.”

Krown LLC became the first cannabis infusion business in Illinois with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday.

For the Marigold Festival's 50th anniversary, Pekin is taking a look back to the celebration's roots.

A Pekin City Council member is in the running for the mayor’s seat in 2023.