Pontiac News

I would consider “The Monuments Men” by Robert M. Edsel a fascinating book for antiquers and others interested in the sacking of treasures by the Nazis in World War II.

" Lieutenant Kurt Cavanaugh, Commander of the Illinois State Police Zone 2 Investigations, is asking citizens to be watchful for suspicious activities after a recent burglary near Ridott.

The OSF St. James John W. Albrecht Medical Center Auxiliary Educational Assistance Program for Healthcare Careers is announcing recipients for the 2009-2010 academic year.

M any who drive by Frontier Mutual Insurance Co. at 305 Decatur St. in Lincoln probably don't realize the importance of the mutual insurance company.

A high school ecology class has helped to make a central Illinois prison a little greener.

Action by the La Salle County Board Friday helped clear the way for action by the Streator City Council on an enterprise zone for Iberdrola Renewables' 155-turbine Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY PHEASANTS FOREVER Livingston County Pheasants Forever will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec.

Q:Are there any free H1N1 vaccination clinics in Livingston County? A: The Livingston County Health Department will offer free H1N1 influenza vaccines for eligible priority groups from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

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.