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Luft was born in Pekin, Illinois. He "graduated from Pekin Community High School and attended Eastern Illinois University." [1] He worked for the Illinois American Water Company for 26 years. [1] He served in the United States Army Reserves from 1987 to 1994. [1] He previously "served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Pekin JFL." [1]
Tazewell County (/ t æ z w ɛ l /) is located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 131,343. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Pekin. [2]
Pekin (/ ˈ p iː k ɪ n / PEE-kin) is a city in and the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois.Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is the largest city of Tazewell County and the second most populous municipality of the Peoria metropolitan area in north-central Illinois, after Peoria itself. [4]
Michael E. Hastings (born October 6, 1980) is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from the 19th Legislative District. The district includes all or parts of Lockport, New Lenox, Mokena, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Homer Glen, Joliet, Richton Park, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Country Club Hills, Hazel Crest, and Oak Forest.
The Pekin Daily Bulletin, the only other daily newspaper in Pekin, ran for nine months from January 3 to October 5, 1876. [3] In 1852, a short-lived German language newspaper Per Wachteram Illinois was published. [2] Circa 1875, John Hoffman started a German weekly called the Pekin Freie Press. [2]
Illinois Route 98 (IL 98, Route 98) is an 8.36-mile (13.45 km) east–west state highway located entirely within Tazewell County in central Illinois. [1] The route runs from Route 29 on the border of Pekin and North Pekin east to Interstate 155 (I-155) in Morton.
Illinois Route 29 (IL 29) is a two to four lane state highway that runs south from U.S. Route 6/Illinois Route 89 at Spring Valley to U.S. Route 51/Illinois Route 16 at Pana, running through Pekin, Peoria and Springfield. The nearest major north–south highway, Interstate 39, runs parallel to Illinois 29, but approximately fifty miles to the ...
Pekin Community High School District 303 is a public school district in Pekin, Illinois, that operates one high school, Pekin Community High School (PCHS). District 303 serves students living in Pekin and surrounding areas such as South Pekin, North Pekin, Marquette Heights, Creve Coeur, and Groveland. As of 2020 the school has 1,780 students.