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The Pontiac 66ers and Champaign Swarm start play at Pontiac Township High School on March 6.
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Pro Basketball Launches In Pontiac

The Livingston County city of Pontiac, home to one of the country's long-running high school basketball tournaments, has used that history to lure in a minor league franchise.  The Pontiac 66ers, part of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association, play on the same court as the high school team, en route to a 12-4 mark this season.  They'll play in the league championship Friday night.

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Union Wants State’s High Court To Reconsider Decision On Raises

AFSCME, the union representing nearly 40,000 state employees, is planning to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to take another swing at an opinion justices issued last Thursday.  Justices said unless lawmakers appropriate the money, the state doesn't have to pay out raises guaranteed in their contracts.