Pontiac’s Nathan Joerndt as Grand Marshall of the 2016 Threshermen’s Parade/Photo by Todd Wineburner By Neil Doyle with Todd Wineburner Pontiac’s Nathan Joerndt has received some national attention lately, but not because of any of the things he’s known for in Livingston County. Nathan, and other Walmart employees throughout the country, might be out of…… MORE
Thursday Morning Sports Schedules and Scores
By Kevin Bessler Boys High School Basketball- Class 3A Regional…Normal U-High 71 Pontiac 58 Class 2A Sectional…Chicago Corliss 59 El Paso-Gridley 53 NCAA Basketball- #14 Purdue 73 Illinois 56 The Fighting Illini scored only 23 points in the 2nd half and fall to 10 & 18. They will next play Northwestern Sunday. Penn State 78…… MORE
Wednesday Morning Sports Schedules and Scores
By Kevin Bessler Boys High School Basketball- Class 3A Regional Championship: Kankakee 64 Prairie Central 62 Pontiac vs. Normal U-High 7pm (WJEZ will provide the play-by-play beginning at 6:55pm) El Paso-Gridley vs. Corliss 7pm NCAA Basketball- Illinois at #14 Purdue 7:30pm Missouri State at Illinois State 6pm Indiana 75 #19 Wisconsin 73(2OT) Ohio State 90…… MORE
Kinzinger Defends President’s Emergency Declaration
Congressman Adam Kinzinger (official portrait) By Neil Doyle Congressman Adam Kinzinger has returned from a recent deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border and is agreeing with the President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. Kinzinger appeared on CBS television’s Face the Nation on Sunday morning and said President Trump’s emergency proclamation is necessary. The Bloomington native said certain activities…… MORE
Tuesday Morning Sports Schedules and Scores
By Kevin Bessler Boys High School Basketball- Class 3A Regional Championship at Fairbury: Prairie Central 81 Bishop McNamara 70, Pontiac 67 Streator 43 Prairie Central vs. Kankakee 7pm (WJEZ will provide the play-by-play beginning at 6:55pm) NCAA Basketball- Gonzaga moved up a spot Monday to begin a second stint at #1 in the latest A.P.…… MORE
Special Hours for Voter Registration
By WJEZ Staff Livingston County Clerk Kristy Masching will open her office on Saturday, March 2 from 9AM to noon for in-person voter registration. The in-person and mail-in voter registration deadline for the April 2 Consolidated Election is Tuesday, March 5.… MORE
Immigration Facility Discussion Postponed, But Protests May Go On
By A.J. Harris Though there will be no vote on the deal between Immigration Center of America and the Village of Dwight at tonight’s board meeting, No-ICE-Dwight is still calling for protests. The coalition is opposed to the proposed construction of a privately operated immigration detention facility in Dwight, and therefore will still protest despite…… MORE
Monday Morning Sports Schedules and Scores
By Kevin Bessler Boys High School Basketball- Class 3A Regional Championship at Fairbury: Prairie Central vs. Bishop McNamara 6pm, Pontiac vs. Streator 7:30pm (WJEZ will provide the play-by-play of both games beginning at 6:55pm) NCAA Basketball- Illinois State 67 Drake 62 #10 Michigan State 77 #7 Michigan 70 Illinois is off until Thursday when they…… MORE
Pre-School Screening Opportunities in Livingston County
By WJEZ Staff Pre-school screening opportunities are still available for several Livingston County School Districts. The screenings are free and open to children from infancy to 5 years of age. Children are assessed in a variety of areas, including vision, hearing, speech, language, and learning as well as motor and social skills. Scheduled screening sessions…… MORE
Prairie Central All Set For the Farm and Home Show
By Todd Wineburner An annual event is set for tomorrow (Saturday, 2/23) for Prairie Central’s FFA chapter. The Farm and Home Show starts at 10 o’clock at the Prairie Central Upper Elementary school on Center Street in Forrest. The show features a variety of displays that spotlight the chapter’s efforts, pork lunches will be available,…… MORE
