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Sunday, October 8, 2017
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Evenglow turns 60 years old
Editor's Note: Evenglow Lodge is an institution that has served the Pontiac area for 60 years, and it is celebrating it …
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Fairbury Police welcome new full-time officer
At the last Fairbury City Council meeting, 27-year-old Graham Haley was sworn into the Fairbury Police Department. A…
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Democrat throws hat into ring
What a difference a year makes. After a year when both the primary and general election races were won unopposed, in…
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County Ag Expo offers learning opportunity
More than 1,700 grade school students, teachers and parents filled 4-H Park on Thursday for the biennial Livingston …
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Marter to run against Kinzinger
In the 2016 race for the 16th Congressional District of Illinois, Republican U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger face…
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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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