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Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (l) and Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan/Photos courtesy of the lawmaker's offices.By Dave Dahl–Illinois Radio NewsThe ice has been broken. The f...

The Morris Varsity Boys Basketball team was red hot from the 3-point line last night, knocking off Pontiac 74-69.  Leading the way in points was Drew Mills with 19, Neil Lambert – 17 and Ca...

Bruce Rauner was sworn in as governor Monday. (Photo courtesy Illinois Department of Central Management Services)By Adam StudzinskiSPRINGFIELD – Illinois officially has a new governor.Bruce Raun...

State Senator Jason Barickman (l) and State Representative Dan Brady offered some thoughts on Monday's gubernatorial inaugural address. (WJEZ file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Stat...

WJEZ file photoBy Jim Anderson–Illinois Radio NewsThe final numbers are in for the 2014 harvest.Corn came in at 200 bushels an acre in Illinois – 2.35 billion bushels total – an incr...

By Dave Dahl–Illinois Radio NewsThe 40-hour work week is what we think of as “full-time employment” – except when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.Making 30 hours the thresh...

Governor Pat Quinn addresses the Illinois General Assembly/WJEZ file photoBy Jim Anderson–Illinois Radio NewsWe won’t have Pat Quinn to kick around much longer. Will we?The governor, on hi...

Move over, “selfie”, there’s a new slang term in town!  In 2014, The Oxford English Dictionary added several new words to their book including this WJEZ favorite, “al desk...

The Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County is OPEN today from 8 to 6El Paso-Gridley schools closed Heartland Head Start closed – All sites Lexington schools closedPontiac schools clo...

Move over, “selfie”, there’s a new slang term in town!  In 2014, The Oxford English Dictionary added several new words to their book including this WJEZ favorite, “al desk...