"It's kind of a close-knit community. We try to know everybody. Small town USA basically," Frank Hines said of Milford.

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Bays told Joliet Patch he is rigorously screening all applicants for Bays Tower because he wants to make sure he only accepts good people.

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The coalition includes cities such as Pekin, East Peoria, Ottawa, La Salle, Peru and Beardstown. The City Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to pay the $22,630 membership fee to join the IRCTI.

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — More than 2,000 people packed Bloomington’s downtown on Saturday, for a peaceful “No Kings” rally on the lawn of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

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A luxury fashion boutique in downtown Ottawa is reeling after being targeted by thieves twice in just over a week—losing an estimated $100,000 in merchandise.