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A former member of the Gateway Steam is in Pontiac made an appearance this week for the training camp for the Pontiac 66ers.Darion “Jake” Anderson played for the Steam under Coach Durrell ...

Jim Roberts, left, Hall of Famer from Batavia, and Gordie Kirkman By Mark Myre/WJEZ SportsThis year the Peoria Manual Rams grab the number one seed for the Pontiac Holiday Tournament. The second ...

There will be a "Meet the Candidate" night Saturday at the Pontiac Elks Lodge.Present for the evening will be James Marter, Republican Candidate for United States Senate. He is challenging incumbent M...

Home for the Holidays Curt got called to fill in for a missing Santa! Santa Baby BUSTED! Elf of the Shelf can sing! Serenading the ladies Stand up comedy night at Under Ground Getting to know you R...

State lawmakers may start feeling pressure from groups wanting a bill passed to allow Chicago’s mayor to be recalled.No such recall mechanism exists, so State Res. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago) and M...

Kalli Setterlund and Anthony Gullo By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News"Home for the Holidays" opens tonight at the Eagle Performing Arts and Conference Center, but the cast had a full audience for a specia...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsLivingston County Board member Joe Steichen was sentenced to 12 months court supervision Tuesday in Pontiac.Steichen was charged with one felony and one misdemeanor count of d...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Pontiac Fire Department responded to a car fire in the 200 block of East Pinckney Street Monday evening.According to Fire Chief Scott Runyon, the call came in about a car ...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Forrest and Chatsworth public libraries received a sizeable donation from the Forrest-Chatsworth Wind Study Group yesterday morning.The group, made up of about 40 local la...