Tazewell County Health Department

The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office is undertaking measures at the county jail to protect detainees and employees after the recent death of an elderly inmate was due to him contracting Legionnaire’s disease.

Tazewell County is an early adopter for a statewide program pushing to make recycling easier.

Some properties in Tazewell County qualify for free help with managing the impact of radon.

The health department's new Pekin campus at 1800 Broadway Road opened before Thanksgiving.

The need for mental healthcare services is constant. In some places, particularly rural areas, it can be a struggle to find a provider.

The health department says the victim suffered an onset of symptoms in mid-October and died soon thereafter.

Tazewell County is taking a multi-program approach to rooting out hunger in Central Illinois.

The Tazewell County Health Department plans to open a new building in Pekin just before Thanksgiving.

A combination of grocery store closures, transportation barriers and rising food prices have left nearly 33,000 people without access to nutritious food, says a local collaboration of food pantries, health departments and nonprofits.

Tazewell County's purchase of a building in Pekin takes the health department one step closer to offering more services closer to the county's population center.