Mayor J. Norman Shade

Just last week, the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin celebrated...

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

In the past century and a half, several bridges have spanned the...

In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy...

In our previous installment in our Pekin Bicentennial series we reviewed the story...

As we have proceeded through this series on the history of the...

In the previous installment of our ongoing series on the history of...

Continuing our series on the history of the Pekin Public Library, this...

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

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

This is a revised version of one of our “From the Local...

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