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City approves grant application
A public hearing was held that led to the approval of an application for a Community Development Block Grant for DeLong'…
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Situation depressing for athletes
In professional sports, having a lockout season is a rarity, but is not completely out of the norm. A sport has been put…
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Despite rain, planting is taking place
Spring planting is in full swing around Central Illinois.
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City considers business survey
CHENOA - Members of the Chenoa City Council expressed concerns at its meeting Tuesday over what the stay-at-home order i…
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Masks should be part of wardrobe
Good news for those who are venturing out as the daytime temperatures start to rise is that there are no special restric…
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No new cases reported in county
Although more than 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Illinois over the weekend none of those wer…
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Coronavirus pandemic identifies fault lines that must be addressed
The coronavirus crisis has exposed critical fault lines in our nation's bedrock, which must be addressed. I identify thr…
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Illinois soars past daily testing goal
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois surpassed a long-stated benchmark of 10,000 daily completed tests for COVID-19, state officials a…
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Two more positive cases reported
Two more positive cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported to bring the Livingston County total to 20 entering …
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Serving in trying times
During the last pandemic to strike America, the influenza of 1918-1919, my paternal grandfather had signed up for the in…
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Stay-at-home order to be extended through May
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday that Illinois' novel coronavirus data necessitated an extension of his stay…
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Food is still readily available
No new is good news when it comes to updates on the coronavirus pandemic. For Livingston County, there were no new cases…
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No state tournaments this spring
Nobody can say they didn't see it coming. When Gov. JB Pritzker announced last Friday that schools would remain closed a…
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Pritzker: Changes to order coming
SPRINGFIELD - Changes are coming to the stay-at-home order, Gov. JB Pritzker said again at his daily COVID-19 briefing T…
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Earth is our home and you can fight for it while you're at home
The 50th anniversary of Earth Day will not get the attention it deserves as the world deals with the novel coronavirus p…
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