The high school girls basketball season is winding down. In Thursday girls play, U-High beat Prairie Central 58-25, Dwight girls ended the regular season with a 48-45 win over state-ranked Watseka, Fieldcrest earned a 37-26 win over Dee-Mack, El Paso-Gridley topped Tremont 45-22, Beecher knocked off Tri-Point 58-40 and Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland held off LeRoy 48-37. … MORE
The Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce is holding its February business after hours at Good Samaritan – Pontiac.… MORE
Fresh Fare: Be My Valentine with Evenglow Inn and the University of Illinois Extension office is happening Tuesday, February 14 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Evenglow Inn in Pontiac.… MORE
The Pontiac Public Library has a month-long program happening called “Blind Date with a Book.”… MORE
The first recruiting class for Illinois football coach Lovie Smith is 24 strong and is ranked Number 32 nationally and second in the Big Ten West by Scout. Ten of the recruits are from the state of Illinois with three more from the St. Louis area. … MORE
Phone scams are nothing new for people, and being in the midst of tax time, IRS scams will be coming from all directions.… MORE
The Illinois State Police will be enforcing the FATAL-4 moving violations during Super Bowl weekend.… MORE
New police training is being implemented nationwide and while the Pontiac Police continue to do that training, they are looking to make further improvements.… MORE
On the boys high school basketball scoreboard, Pontiac lost at El Paso-Gridley 57-46, Fisher handled Flanagan-Cornell 65-35 and Mahomet-Seymour outlasted Prairie Central 52-33. The Dwight boys beat Momence 55-38 in the Sangamon Valley Conference Tournament in Onarga and will meet Watseka in a semifinal on Friday. … MORE
Pontiac Tourism is coming off a strong 2016 and looking to keep the momentum going into 2017.… MORE
