Jared L. Olar

In previous installments of our ongoing Pekin Bicentennial series, we have recalled the earliest...

Among the historic buildings in Pekin’s old downtown is a structure at 215 Court...

For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month articles, we’ll...

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

As many have heard, last month Pekin lost one of its hometown heroes, U.S....

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back over the...

With the passing of Charles Lohman “Chuck” Dancey at the age of 107 earlier...

Photos by Jared L. Olar, Pekin Public Library Local History Program Coordinator

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial celebrations tomorrow...