Jared L. Olar

The annual tradition of Mardi Gras carnivals arose in the Middle Ages...

It’s on the logo of the Pekin Police Department and it’s the...

In recent weeks, this column recalled two local historical events that may...

The Pekin Public Library’s Pekin Community High School yearbooks are among the...

Thirteen postcards featuring scenes from Pekin’s past were added to the Pekin...

A few weeks ago, we recalled the Little Mine Riot of 1894,...

Earlier this month, we reviewed “Early Times in Pekin and Tazewell County,”...

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...

This week we return to Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates, from...

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room...

The week we’ll recall the life of one of Tazewell County’s “Old...