Pekin (Illinois, United States)

Type: City
Name: Pekin (Illinois, United States)
Country: United States
Latitude: 40.57
Longitude: -89.629997
population: 32,743
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Pekin volunteer receives Spotlight on Service award

at 3:25 PM CDTSPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Barbara Worner of the YWCA in Pekin was honored Thursday as one of 10 volunteer tutors to receive the 2013 Spotlight on Service award from Secretary of State Jesse White.The award, is part of the 2013 Spotlight on Literacy ... [Published Central illinois News Center - May 16 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

A closer look: Illinois boys track sectionals

Posted:Updated:Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:35 AM ESTHere's a look at Friday's Class 1A and Class 3A sectionals that include area boys track and field teams. The top two finishers in each event will advance to next week's state meet. Anyone finishing outside ... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 16 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Washington native involved with bringing concerts to Avanti's Dome

Music lovers will have a new venue to see their favorite bands in central Illinois now.“The dome wasn't really utilized as a concert space,” Jason Miles of Ripple Events and Entertainment said of the Avanti's Dome in Pekin. “Ripple got together with Avanti's ... [Published East Peoria Times Courier - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight plans May 21 trip

sponsored by plans May 21 trip [] SPRINGFIELD -- will honor 26 more World War II veterans and 61 more Korean veterans with a one-day trip to Washington, D.C., on May 21 to see the World War II Memorial, Korean Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, ... [Published Lincoln Daily News - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Pekin man charged with drug possession

A Tazewell County grand jury indicted a Pekin man accused of having LSD, Ecstasy and marijuana in his car.Ryan T. Kolesar, 29, of 101 A St. is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and unlawful ... [Published PJStar.com - May 14 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-public employee sentenced for child porn

A former Abingdon city employee was sentenced May 8 to nine years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography.Thomas E. Marshall, 53, Abingdon, must serve at least 85 percent of the full sentence ? more than seven years ? before being eligible ... [Published Galesburg.com - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

DJ CBOT Grain Warehouse Receipt/Certificates - May 13 -2-

Havana-N, Il 3/14/08 2 3/07/08 Havana-S, Il 0 12/28/07 74 12/28/07 Ottawa S., Il 01/11/12 4 10/18/11 Morris-W., Il 0 11/27/06 55 11/21/06 Lacon, Il 0 03/05/13 4 1/16/13 Beardstown, Il 0 1/08/09 3 3/12/08 Henry, Il 0 0 3/26/13 5 1/14/13 Naples, Il 0 3/07/08 ... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Results of Peoria/Tazewell health department inspections

Inspections conducted by the Peoria City/County Health Department for March have been released. Monthly results with a score of fewer than 80 out of 100 points and those scoring 100 points are published.100 scorersThose receiving perfect scores of 100 ... [Published PJStar.com - May 11 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Train breaks down, disrupts traffic in Pekin

A stopped train disrupted traffic along several intersections on Second Street and Illinois Route 29 Wednesday evening.Pekin police Lt. Erik Shipman said an issue with the train?s wheels or part of the axle caused it to stop at about 6 p.m., along Route ... [Published PJStar.com - May 09 2013]
First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Pekin Port Permit Approved

at 9:30 PM CDTPEKIN, IL. -- A plan to make the Illinois River accessible to International Ports in the gulf is one step closer to reality.The Army Corps of Engineers has approved a permit for a Pekin Port. News Radio 1470 reports the federal permit requires ... [Published Central illinois News Center - May 04 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 2 reports

Pekin issues voluntary evacuation for flooding

PEKIN, Ill. --Possible flood waters have the city of Pekin beginning a voluntary evacuation of about two dozen homes.Police officers were going door-to-door in the affected neighborhood on Monday. Officials in the central Illinois city say water from ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - Apr 22 2013]
First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Pekin water treatment plants jeopardized

Street Department workers are busy adding and packing more soil to the Pekin and LaMarsh Levee, which protects the wastewater treatment plant from floods.The relentless storms of Wednesday and Thursday dumped from 4 to 7 inches of rain in counties north ... [Published PJStar.com - Apr 20 2013]

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Friday's AAA prep girls track results [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 17 hours ago]
Pekin volunteer receives Spotlight on Service a... [Published Central illinois News Center - May 16 2013]
A closer look: Illinois boys track sectionals [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 16 2013]
Washington native involved with bringing concer... [Published East Peoria Times Courier - May 16 2013]
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight plans May 21 trip [Published Lincoln Daily News - May 15 2013]
DJ CBOT Deliverable Stocks Of Grain - May 14 [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Pekin man charged with drug possession [Published PJStar.com - May 14 2013]
Ex-public employee sentenced for child porn [Published Galesburg.com - May 14 2013]
DJ CBOT Grain Warehouse Receipt/Certificates - ... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
Angell: On the Pitch, Week 7 [Published QC Times - May 13 2013]
Father, son serve together as Washington aldermen [Published PJStar.com - May 13 2013]
Results of Peoria/Tazewell health department in... [Published PJStar.com - May 11 2013]
Administrators of Three BMA Assisted Living Com... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 10 2013]
Living without regret; advice from a cancer sur... [Published Central illinois News Center - May 10 2013]
Train breaks down, disrupts traffic in Pekin [Published PJStar.com - May 09 2013]
DJ CBOT Deliverable Stocks Of Grain - May 7 [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]
Ellen Marie Cahill-Gomieo, 51, Twentynine Palms... [Published KESQ - May 07 2013]
Area farmers’ patience being tested [Published PJStar.com - May 06 2013]
iTV-3 selects Zhone for network expansion in Ce... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]
DJ CBOT Grain Warehouse Receipt/Certificates - ... [Published Individual.com - May 06 2013]
LeLani Polk [Published Brazoria County Facts - May 06 2013]
Pekin Port Permit Approved [Published Central illinois News Center - May 04 2013]
Keokuk Concert Association presents Two On Top [Published Gate City Daily - May 03 2013]
BMA Affordable Assisted Living Community to Hos... [Published PRWeb - May 03 2013]
Pekin man indicted in collection jar theft [Published PJStar.com - May 03 2013]
Pedorthists: Patient Care and Fabrication Are N... [Published O&P Edge - May 02 2013]
Electronic waste dumped, not recycled in Illinois [Published Rockford Register Star - May 02 2013]
BMA Affordable Assisted Living Community to Hos... [Published PRWeb - May 02 2013]
Mark Hepner [Published Quad-Cities Online - May 02 2013]
IAPEA announces newspaper awards [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - Apr 30 2013]
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Carbon Pollution Data Put Power Plants Front an... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 05 2013]
David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released plant-by-plant data on 2011 emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping air pollutants.  The data show ...
Illinois Coal Bankruptcy: Good News for Environ... [Published Working In These Times - Dec 21 2012]
Clean-energy advocates cheered this week’s announcement that the parent company of Midwest Generation—which closed two Chicago coal plants in August but operates four more elsewhere in Illinois—is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But unions representing ...
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