Category Archives: Local News

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsResidents in the Pontiac area have a chance to join the "Biggest Loser Community Challenge" through the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce.The contest is associated with the NBC...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe "Put Safety First on your Farm" breakfast is being held Thursday, February 4, at the Lexington Community Center in Lexington.Topics included in the morning will be fire an...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA community program to address prescription pill abuse and heroin awareness is coming to Pontiac February 3."A Tough Pill to Swallow" will feature speaker Tim Ryan and Pontiac...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsIllinois American Water recently filed an application to adjust rates for water and sewer service in all the company's operating districts.The primary focus behind this rate r...

Illinois’ U.S. Senators will be on opposite sides of today’s debate over legislation which would make it much more difficult for Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the U.S. The bill, known...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe American Liver Foundation and Illinois State Medical Society have joined forces to work toward eliminating Hepatitis C.Hepatitis C is the most common blood borne infection...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Livingston Area Career Center will be holding a Certified Nursing Assistant class beginning in June.The total cost of the class is $700 plus $34 for a Health Care Worker B...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA Fairbury woman has won the most recent OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center first quarter Achievers in Mission for Excellence award.According to a press release f...

A state Senator hopes to free up $60 million in capital funds to finish a veterans home in northwest Chicago but the governor says instead of focusing on one project lawmakers should pass a "truly bal...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA Pontiac man was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted on two cases.According to the Livingston County State's Attorney, 26-year-old Rodney K. Griffin Jr., ...