Tazewell County News

Video Poker gambling in Illinois is now legal but, some counties are choosing not to participate.

Illinois American Water has partnered with State Senator Dave Koehler, the Tazewell County Health Department and the Pekin Police Department to start a prescription drug disposal program.

Underage drinking is another problem police often have to tackle. On Tuesday, some local law enforcement officers learned new ways to fight the booze battle with teens.

Macon County was one of just 21 counties in Illinois to draw $100 million or more in tourism dollars last year, bringing in $107.48 million according to a recent tourism economic impact report from the State of Illinois.

Municipal budgets are tightening in Illinois, which means replacing older snowplows could be a slower process.

Elliott D. Lampton, 31, 112 S. Vermillion St., Unit 3, was arrested at 3:17 p.m. Wednesday at his home on a complaint of domestic battery and on a Will County warrant for failure to appear.

It could be a big pay out for a former Tazewell County jail inmate. The County Board will vote Wednesday to secure $175,000 to Becky Behm.

Local hospitals are trying to fight off the H1N1 flu by limiting the number of people coming through their doors.

The H1N1 vaccine is in high demand. Health departments in Central Illinois and around the country are waiting to get the vaccine... but there's a shortage.

The Tazewell County Health Department has run out of the H1N1 vaccine as it waits on its next shipment.

The C-D-C has been rationing the coveted H1N1 flu vaccine nationwide. "It's our understanding that Illinois' allocation of vaccine was exceeded last week so that this week some of that vaccine is being held," said Jason Marks, Peoria County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator.

Peoria County just announced its H-1-N-1 vaccine clinics. The first is this Friday from 9 a-m to noon at the health department but only for pregnant women and children under 6 months old.

A Peoria teenager was indicted Thursday by a Tazewell County Grand Jury for allegedly resisting police in connection with what police are describing as a gang related weekend fight and shooting at Illinois Central College in East Peoria last month.

At Broadmoor Junior High in Pekin a number of students and their families took part in Lights on Afterschool Program.

TimesNewspapers picked up 14 awards Friday in the Illinois Press Association's "Best of the Press 2009" editorial contest, three of which were first-place awards.

A Chicago resident, one of two arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop exactly two years ago, was sentenced Wednesday in Tazewell County.

Tazewell County deputies say many people try to save money by using second-hand car seats.

The St. Louis man, dubbed by the East Peoria police chief as the dumbest criminal he'd ever seen, is now the subject of a nationwide warrant for his arrest.

Signs warning about prevention of Ha '1a 'Na '1 are increasingly becoming more visible.

Local authorities have arrested a man and a woman in connection with stealing donation money at several Casey stores in Peoria and Tazewell Counties.