Pekin mayor

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

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.

City ordinances regarding the parking of trailers in residential areas and where to store garbage totes keep the Pekin Police Department and code enforcement officers busy and having to deal with residents who are unhappy about the rules.

A Tazewell County circuit judge on Thursday granted Becky Cloyd’s appeal of last month’s decision by the Pekin Electoral Board invalidating her mayoral nominating petitions.

The Pekin Electoral Board voted Friday to remove mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd from the ballot, the latest twist in a deepening fracture among city leadership.

Pekin City Council member Becky Cloyd says she's not backing down from her mayoral campaign in the face of a pair of petition challenges aimed at keeping her name off the ballot.