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Saturday, April 21, 2018
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Prairie Central Hawks shut out Chillicothe IVC Thursday
FAIRBURY - Peyton Rigsby pitched six scoreless innings and had an RBI double in helping the Prairie Central Hawks sh…
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Ex-treasurer found guilty of theft
The former treasurer of two local organizations, charged with embezzling funds from both, was found guilty of two co…
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Dist. 429 approves bus transport agreement
An update on the floor remodel project at Central School, approval of a new project with the Pontiac Public Library and …
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PJHS to be taking part at TECH event
Since the introduction of a STEAM curriculum, Pontiac Junior High School has been at the forefront of combining cutt…
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Barickman not in support of changing taxing format
In the middle of a gubernatorial war between billionaires Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker, a proxy battle that's emer…
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Run for Respect 5K is more than a fundraising event
Pontiac's first 5K event of the year, the annual Run for Respect 5K and Virtual Run, is more than just a race. In th…
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New owner taking over Dwight's First National
DWIGHT - After 112 years of service as First National Bank of Dwight, the long-time financial institution bank and i…
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Warmer weather? There's street work taking place
When the weather has been nice (sparingly though it's been), Pontiac residents and motorists have likely noticed som…
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City votes to look closer at proposal
The Pontiac City Council discussed a proposal from Cenergy Power to use leased land near the Pontiac Municipal Airpo…
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Sustained warm weather not likely until May
Despite a pleasant reprieve of warm, sunny, 70-degree weather, this spring's capitulation to winter weather returned…
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Prairie Central seniors work on housing crisis
For Senior Community Service Day on April 10, seniors in Brad Kilcullen's construction trades class at Prairie Centr…
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'Blues Brothers' make pit stop on Route 66 road rally
With 201 miles to St. Louis, a half-tank of gas, sans cigarettes in broad daylight, the duo of John Freedlund and Br…
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Swallows takes over as Fairbury postmaster
When Fairbury Postmaster Pam Stevens retired from her position on Aug. 31, 2017, the post office was left waiting fo…
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Concerns of trade war hit close to home
At present, one of the top 10 exports of the United States are soybeans, according to the Observatory of Economic Co…
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