Pekin City Council

The Pekin City Council on Monday approved the sale of about 321 acres of the Lutticken Farm property to Western Hospitality Partners for $4.5 million so it can build a data center.

Three agenda items that failed to pass a week earlier were passed Monday by the Pekin City Council during a special meeting.

Four agenda items, including the city's proposed 2025-26 fiscal year budget, went down to defeat Monday at a Pekin City Council meeting.

Pekin has landed a medical equipment manufacturing facility that's expected to create more than 100 jobs and generate more than $300,000 annually in property tax revenue.

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 proposed adult-use cannabis dispensary in downtown Pekin passed a significant milestone Monday. The Pekin City Council unanimously approved a special use for Miggy's Shop at 359 Court St., the former Classical Dance Academy.

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

A new entrance into the Market Square Shopping Center off Parkway Drive just north of the intersection of Parkway and Court Street in Pekin has been blocked off by traffic barrels.

The first of two forums for the six Pekin City Council candidates attracted about 75 audience members who packed the Pekin Public Library's Community Room on Wednesday night despite a prediction of freezing rain.

Police can now approach someone who is sleeping in a tent or not on city property. Previously, only sleeping in a tent was outlawed.