Pekin

The clock is running for the developer of a proposed data center in Pekin. City Attorney Jim Vasselli said Monday the city is pressing Western Hospitality Partners to make a decision on the project.

Carle Health will spend close to $8 million to modernize Pekin Hospital, retiring unused and aging spaces with a focus on patient-based improvements.

Three girls from Greater Peoria have each earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting, for their service work across their communities.

The proposed data center on Pekin's Lutticken Farms property wasn't on the agenda at Monday's council meeting. But it was discussed twice, and it was in the background of two items involving the Lutticken land.

Construction is about to begin on the Center for Prevention of Abuse’s new emergency domestic violence shelter in Pekin. The nonprofit social services organization held a groundbreaking for a rebuilt Carol House of Hope on a 1.8-acre property on 2nd Street acquired from the City of Pekin two years ago.

The City of Pekin and its 54-member firefighters union have agreed on a new five-year contract. The Pekin City Council approved the contract Monday. Union ratification is expected this week.

The proposed data center project in Pekin isn't dead. The legal process that would void the contract between the city and developer and result in the data center's demise still must play out.

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.