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Friday, October 6, 2017
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City council to meet with ESDA later in October
The Fairbury City Council took care of business in less than 10 minutes during its regular meeting Wednesday night. …
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A little rain is nice for the conditions
The weekend brought a welcome stretch of cooler, albeit still significantly warm temperatures to the Pontiac communi…
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Drug abuse problems discussed at group meetings
When local resident Pam Bach lost her 33-year-old son, Kyle, to drug addiction last November, she resolved to fight …
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Law creates more work for public defender
Back in June, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law Senate Bill 2034, colloquially known as the Bail Reform Act. The leg…
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Parks director touts Special Oly partnership
The Pontiac City Council heard several requests from Parks and Recreation Director Taylor Baxter at the board's meeting …
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Animal blessing coming to First Presbyterian Church
Do all dogs go to Heaven? While no one can truly know for sure what happens to pets in the afterlife, Pastor Canessa Lag…
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Fairbury group getting ready for another haunting
Today's movie monsters can be whatever the filmmaker dreams up, thanks to the implementation of computer-generated i…
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Warm spell breaks one record high
Sept. 20 through 26 saw seven straight days of record-breaking temperatures in Chicago, via National Weather Service mea…
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Indians score from all over in homecoming win
Pontiac moves closer to playoff berth with homecoming win
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'Volley' events set for PTHS, F-C
Both Flanagan-Cornell High School and Pontiac Township High School will host separate "Volley for the Cure" events n…
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Pontiac native pushes for national right-to-try law
The meaning of life is a subject that has dominated discourse throughout mankind's existence, be we bound for an aft…
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ISP remains mum on fatal investigation
It has been a month since the death of Pontiac woman Rita Murphy, who was struck and killed in the early morning hou…
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Central students get lesson on horsing around
Just like the nursery rhyme about a girl named Mary, whose lamb followed her to school one day, children at Central …
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Education overhall bill proposed
Two Central Illinois legislators, Rep. Dan Brady, R-Bloomington, and Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, announced a plan o…
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Rauner stops in Lexington for Honor Flight of Illinois
If Lexington Mayor Spencer Johansen had seen the herd of bikers, 200 strong, show up in town during his law enforcem…
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