Everett McKinley Dirksen

A major milestone in the history of Pekin communications was reached on 21 April...

Continuing our series on the 1924 Pekin Centennial Celebration, this week we present an...

Pekin’s yearlong celebration of its bicentennial really ramps up tomorrow and this weekend, with...

This year’s celebration of Pekin’s Bicentennial coincides with the 60th anniversary of the federal...

Tazewell County’s and Pekin’s newest military memorial was dedicated during the county’s observance of...

Long a pillar of Pekin’s community life, the Pekin YWCA at 315 Buena Vista...

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

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we reach the point in the history of the Pekin Public Library...

As construction proceeded in 1973 on the new Pekin Public Library and Dirksen Congressional...