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Peoria, IL, USA 104.9 The Wolf Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If the proposed Illinois House Bill 3878 passes through the Senate, all documents filed through any recorder of deeds office would increase from $9 to $18. The money collected by recorder of deeds offices goes directly into the state’s Rental Housing Support Program. What that program does, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said, seems like a secret. “We’ve requested over the past several years [to know] where this revenue is going,” Ackerman said. “We never have been able to get from the State of Il...

Pekin Daily Times The Tazewell County Clerk's Office will be the first in the state to begin providing certified copies of marriage licenses electronically, officials there announced Tuesday. "This comes in handy for many forms of identification which require certified copies," County Clerk John Ackerman said at a news conference announcing the service, which begins May 1. "It especially comes in handy for Real ID when people are required to have that and may live outside Tazewell County." The original deadline for getting a Real ID -- necessary for air travel or to get into most U.S. governm...

Tim Shelley / Peoria Public Radio Starting May 1, the Tazewell County Clerk's Office will offer certified marriage license copies online. The office is the first in Illinois, and among the first in the U.S., to offer the service, according to County Clerk John Ackerman. "So if you've been married in Tazewell County, you can pull up an e-certified document for your marriage license for various purposes. Insurance purposes, IDs for Social Security, ID's for driver's license bureau. So that way, you wouldn't have to come into our office, said Dan Sullivan, Tazewell County's chief deputy clerk...

Originally published on April 7, 2021 5:06 pm It will take at least another two weeks to determine the winner of Tuesday’s election to decide who will be Peoria’s first new mayor in 16 years. With just 73 votes – out of just over 16,000 ballots tabulated – separating Jim Montelongo and Rita Ali in the unofficial results from Election Night, the candidates are now in somewhat of a holding pattern.   Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Tom Bride said elections this tight are not necessarily uncommon, but generally not for the city’s top office. “I haven’t deal...

Facebook UPDATED 3:42 p.m. | As voters in Washington elect Gary Manier to a sixth term as mayor, his opponent said she's leaving the door open to another run in the future. "We'll just have to see what happens," said Lilija Stevens, who lost Tuesday's election by just 83 votes. "You never know what tomorrow brings." Stevens serves as Ward 1 alderman. She said there are many issues in the city's government that still need addressing. "I really, really would like to do something to increase more community involvement in our local government," said Stevens. "It's a shame that a town this size...