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OGLESBY – At the Oglesby city council meeting Monday night Commissioner of Electric, Streets, Water, and Sewer Jason Curran said that an audit of the community’s energy use may yield some positive news. He stated that himself and Mayor Dom Rivara met with BHMG Engineers to look over

PONTIAC – Thirty-nine more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, 122 active cases remain in the county out of the 2,843 positive test results recorded. At the Pontiac Correctional Center 17 inmates and 18 staff remain active novel

PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department on Monday reported the death of a man in his 90’s from complications related to COVID-19. That brings the total number of deaths associated with the pandemic in Bureau County to 63. They also reported 17 new

LELAND – The Leland Police Department are looking for a person of interest that they say assaulted a store employee in the 100 block of North Main Street on Sunday.   They say around 10:30 PM a man allegedly punched the victim with an unknown object after the victim asked to see the

PRINCETON – A Princeton man is facing drug charges after a Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team investigation Thursday.   Princeton Police and the Tri-DENT task force took 35-year-old Nathan D. Benavidez into custody at a residence in the 100 block of North Linn Street.  He was

PRINCETON – A woman in her 80’s is the latest death attributed to COVID-19 in Bureau County. On Sunday the Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced her death as the 62nd in the county since the pandemic began. They also confirmed 10 new infections in Bureau