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PEKIN – It’s been a bumpy road at times getting Tazewell County Consolidated Communications up and running.
Now that it has been for the past two years, some local communities are being asked to pay more to support its operation — a large enough rise for some that at least one village has debated eliminating its police department.
Commonly called TC3, the group that handles 911 dispatch operations is the result of a state-mandated consolidation of Tazewell County call centers in East Peoria, Morton, Pekin and Washington. The organization was founded in 2017 and began operating in 2019…
