Pekin News

Peoria Congressman Aaron Schock won't have a Republican primary challenger this spring after a state electoral board Thursday removed a Danvers farmer from the ballot, saying he didn't collect enough valid signatures to run in the new, redrawn 18th congressional district.

Seven people were indicted by a federal grand jury as a result of a cooperative, ongoing investigation known as Operation Copperhead.

PEKIN, Ill.-- The President and CEO of Pekin Hospital announced last Tuesday he will be retiring, effective June 4, 2012.

Willow Elementary School of Pekin and Norwood Primary School of Peoria were winners of both Spotlight Schools as well as Academic Excellence Awards---two of the three categories in the honor roll.

PEKIN, Ill -- Two people are hospitalized and a home is in need of repair after an alcohol related crash Saturday night in Pekin.

When Mary Holmes was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer last summer, her family was shocked.

A homeless man, whose accused of robbing a Pekin bank late last year pleaded NOT GUILTY Thursday in Tazewell County.

T uesday evening members of the Logan County Board and Lincoln City Council joined in a meeting at the Lincoln Park District to hear from two firms vying for the opportunity to serve as consultants in the process of electric aggregation for the county and city.

PEKIN, Ill. -- The Pekin police department is looking for some helping in solving a recent armed robbery at the Papa Johns on Broadway.

Tonight's State of the Union message will "focus on the No. 1 concern in America: getting this economy moving again," says U. S. Sen.

For more than 60 years, Blue Bell meat, a product of the DuQuoin Packing Co., had made its way into the lunchboxes and onto the dinner tables of countless homes throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Alabama.

A homeless man, whose accused of robbing a Pekin bank late last year was indicted Thursday.

Peoria, Ill -- A Pekin building owner is continuing his struggle to use a former nursing home as a homeless veterans shelter.

The Pekin Municipal Electoral Board unanimously agreed with the Tazewell County clerk: That Greer did not have enough valid signatures on a petition to repeal Pekin's "home rule" status.

One of two Pekin men, charged in connection with the death of a Pekin teenager last year, goes on trial Tuesday.

Governor Quinn Announces 100 New Jobs at Excel Foundry & Machine State Investment will Help Company Expand Operations, Boost North Central Illinois Economy PEKIN January 17, 2012.

Tuesday, Excel Foundry and Machine will make a major announcement in Pekin about its plans to expand its plant and create a sizable number of jobs.