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Louella Dirksen

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...

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

Last week we recalled the visit of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford to Pekin...

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...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant An accomplished and talented artist’s framed watercolor that was...