By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The kick-off event for the Vermilion Headwaters Watershed of Ford and Livingston counties will be held at the Saunemin Community Building tomorrow evening. Participants will learn about financial assistance available to farmers and landowners under the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative and how it relates to the newly released Illinois…… MORE
Spreading word of a new treatment
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A Bloomington man has decided to attempt to raise $50,000 to raise awareness for a treatment for a disease many suffer from. Sean Bennett, who was born and raised in Pontiac, was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and in a short time, has experienced the devastating effects of the autoimmune disease.…… MORE
Candidate looks to secure nomination
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A longtime employee of the Livingston County Circuit Clerk’s office announced yesterday she is seeking the Republican nomination for the office in the upcoming primary election. LeAnn Dixon has been the deputy clerk since August 1997 and before was a secretary and bookkeeper at Potiac-Esmen School for seven years. Dixon hopes…… MORE
Anticipation for upcoming rival game
By Mark Myre/WJEZ Sports As I start my 30th year of broadcasting I always mark my calendar for the rival game – Prairie Central and Pontiac. This game over the years has been a lot of fun to call, and now it’s promoted more than ever. It’s just not the Bank of Pontiac, WJEZ T-shirts,…… MORE
Honey bees with ‘backpacks’
Researchers have developed a way to study and monitor honey bees by outfitting them with tiny sensors to track their movements.… MORE
Bolt beats Gatlin at World Athletics Championships
Usain Bolt won the 100m sprint at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Sunday.… MORE
Saving pups from ‘Dead Dog Beach’
The Sato Project rescues, rehabilitates and finds new homes for dogs that are abandoned at a beach in Puerto Rico known as “Dead Dog Beach.”… MORE
Waitress responds to LOL note, no tip with … THIS
Have you ever decided to not leave a tip at a restaurant because you felt your food took too long?… MORE
Safari guide mauled to death by lion
A guide working in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe was killed by a lion. Hwange is the same park where Cecil the lion lived.… MORE
Boy punches hole through million-dollar painting
A Taiwanese 12-year-old accidentally tripped and punched a hole into a 17th Century oil canvas artwork.… MORE
