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A 6-alarm fire at a Pontiac furniture warehouse kept 21 fire departments busy for most of Saturday.The Wright's Furniture warehouse, 115 E. Madison,…
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PONTIAC - Officials of an Illinois retirement home that received a surprise $2.4 million donation say the funds will be used enhance the home's…
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A new $3.7 million train station has opened in southern Illinois.The station in Carlinville now has a heated and air-conditioned waiting room, free…
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The National Weather Service confirms a tornado cut a more than 11-mile path through the city of Pontiac, injuring four people last night, as powerful…
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A string of at least four tornadoes struck central and northern Illinois Wednesday night causing heavy damage and at least three injuries in Pontiac.…
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A small central Illinois community might seem an unlikely place for a new professional sports team. But earlier this year, Pontiac, in Livingston County,…
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A hospital in north-central Illinois is shutting its inpatient services and reopening as an all-hours urgent care center. Streator St. Mary's Hospital is…
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Caterpillar announced 35 indefinite payoffs at its Pontiac fuel systems plant. Cat spokeswoman Barbara Cox says the company is also releasing 10…
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The closure of the Dwight Correctional Center last week means other state prisons will be able to ramp up staff. As IPR’s Amanda Vinicky reports, most…