Tazewell County

With the new year, longtime residents and those just passing through Tazewell County have a new way to get in touch with 911.

The Student First Principles Coalition, founded just two months ago, aims to produce candidates for Tazewell County's school boards who stand against politically-charged issues like critical race theory and COVID-19 mask mandates.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 84-year-old Harold Mitchell of Pekin was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.

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

New voting booths are coming to locations across Tazewell County to make the electoral process more accessible for everyone.

The Tazewell County Board voted Wednesday night to kick the can on revising the county’s wind farm ordinance.

The Illinois Primary election is Tuesday, and some Tazewell County conservatives say recent campaign tactics used by various Republican candidates are uncalled for and unethical. The Tazewell County Republicans is calling on both campaign teams and candidates to focus on how to improve significant issues instead of tearing down their opponents.

The Peoria metropolitan area is shrinking in population, with the combination of deaths outnumbering births and more people moving away, resulting in a decline of close to 3,000 people between 2020 and 2021.

It's still a challenge to obtain reliable high-speed Internet access in some rural parts of Tazewell County. A group is working to change that.

Construction on a potential second phase of a wind farm in southern Tazewell County could start within two years, according to company literature.