PEKIN, Ill. — The Pekin City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to keep the 1% state-instituted grocery tax set to expire on Jan. 1, 2026. Illinois was one of a handful of states that instituted the 1% grocery ...
“They have no place to go. They don’t have hardly no one to turn to.” Some central Illinois municipalities like Morton and Pekin have made it illegal to live outside. Slaughter shared an idea of a ...