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Since 2011, the Brawner family has been serving up music and drinks from the...

The era of Prohibition during the 1920s is remembered as a time of speakeasies,...

The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers highlighting significant...

Since the spring of 2022, the historic 407 Court St. building has been the...

The historic structure at the southeast corner of Court and Fourth streets in Pekin’s...

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As we continue our Pekin Bicentennial series, this week and the next we will...

Pekin and Tazewell County were well represented at the 2024 Illinois State Historical Society...

Since the mid-1990s, the building at 363 Court St. – the northwest corner of...

The first years of Pekin’s existence coincided with a period when men and goods...

In 2019, Ashley and Russell Spencer opened a bar and grill in Farmington, Illinois,...