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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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The Danville District 118 School Board voted Wednesday night to permanently close flood-damaged Cannon Elementary School, and re-organize district classes to adjust to the loss of the building.
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's "very upset'' that Chicago State University may have to close due to financial problems. Students and employees at the school are being asked to turn in their keys. Rauner said Wednesday at an unrelated event in Springfield that it's "an outrage."
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University of Illinois softball player Ruby Fernandez-Rivera has entered an agreement that could keep a conviction off her record for damaging a menorah at the Chadbad Center for Jewish Life near campus last month.
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Politico reporter Natash Korecki talks about the U-S Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal of Rod Blagojevich's corruptions conviction.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing labor unions to collect fees from non-members is "tragic'' and a lawsuit aimed at banning the practice in Illinois will continue. Justices divided 4-4 Tuesday in a California case over whether public workers represented by a union can be required to pay "fair share'' fees.
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Jack McCullough will get a new attorney to help him pursue freedom from his conviction of murdering seven-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957. Last week, the DeKalb County State's Attorney said a six-month review turned up serious missteps during the investigation.
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New Illinois football coach Lovie Smith says his new coaching staff is exactly what he had pictured, including some he had worked with, those with NFL experience, and those who know the college game.
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DACC President Alice Marie Jacobs says that program reductions and a tuition hike are helping them get through the summer and fall semesters without state funding.
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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.
