Pontiac News

Police say a purse-snatcher failed to make a clean getaway Sunday. Security at Harrah's Casino called police around 9:30 a.m. after a man grabbed a woman's purse as she was walking between the casino and a parking deck, Deputy Chief Mike Trafton said.

For decades, Bob Waldmire lived on the "Mother Road," wandering the remnants of Route 66 in his orange VW bus and selling his intricate, India-ink artwork from Santa Monica to Pontiac, Ill.

Toby Coates is beginning his first year at Rutland Elementary School, taking the reins as principal and teaching in the afternoons.

Wind Energy 101, a forum on wind energy from a property owner's perspective, will be presented in Ottawa the afternoon of Monday, Nov.

Six Illinois State Police ranges will be open on Nov. 14 for deer hunters to sight in their shotguns.

* AT 845 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

The Downtowner Motel, along a more-obscure alignment of Route 66 in downtown Pontiac, Ill., was torn down Wednesday to make way for new Law and Justice Center, reported the Pontiac Daily Leader .

Dale D. Pratt, 67, 1525 Little Main St., was arrested at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday at Route 23 and Benchmark Drive on complaints of driving while license suspended and registration suspended.

Farmers and other property owners who want to learn more about wind farms may attend one of the upcoming, "Wind Energy 101, from a landowners perspective" forums presented in Ottawa Monday, Nov.

A death row inmate is shown in his cell at Pontiac Correctional Institution in Pontiac, Ill., in 2003.

The FCC's re-allocation of the 700 MHz band has been 10 years in the making, and now that the day of reckoning is upon us, wireless microphone manufacturers are moving forward with products and features they've had in the works to ease the transition.

MELVIN The descendants of John Wallace and Alice Harriet Melvin had their 49th annual reunion Aug.

Illinois American Water was handing out checks today. The generosity is part of the annual "It's Our River Day" celebration.

Look, I've already told you ... I don't know anything about minions or this mint chocolate experience you keep talking about.

Parkers' Restaurant & Bar , a new farm-friendly American revamp of Parkers' Ocean Grill, also happens to serve Neapolitan pizza so serious that it received Naples' treasured VPN certification.

Two Livingston County children are safe tonight after getting lost in a massive cornfield over the weekend.

EXPOSURE REPORTED A 15-year-old girl reported a man exposing himself to her the morning of Aug.

The University of Illinois Extension will offer three fall programs - tree maintenance, poisonous plants and bonsai - presented by horticulutre educators.

In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, corrections officers leave the Pontiac Correctional Center during a shift change in Pontiac, Ill.

Governor Pat Quinn presided over a successful Sale of Champions Tuesday evening, as the annual auction of prize-winning Illinois State Fair livestock broke three records.