Category Archives: Local News

By Mark Myre/WJEZ SportsCongratulations goes out to Cam Brown from the Pontiac baseball team. Cam will be heading to Central Michigan University to pitch next year. Cam has dedicated his whole life to...

The gas supplier for more than 800,000 people in Illinois may have withheld information about skyrocketing costs for an improvement program.An audit of the pipe-replacement program run by Peoples Gas,...

The era of medical marijuana begins today in Illinois. Eight dispensaries are coming online.More than 3,000 Illinoisans now have medical marijuana ID cards.Signaling that this will not be like the lea...

By Mark Myre/WJEZ SportsGolf is a dying sport all over the country. The reason why is you have to get the kids involved. If you watch this video, this is how you do it. Cog Hill in the suburbs of Chic...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsLife Center for Independent Living is planning on keeping its doors open, even while its budget is waiting for state funding.Associate Director Jill Doran was a guest on a rec...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsOSF Saint James Auxiliary will host its annual Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale today and tomorrow.The event will happen from 8 to 8 in the medical center lobby, located at 2500 W...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsLivingston County Sheriff Tony Childress called a press conference yesterday to address some allegations made by a county board member in a story by a local newspaper.Sheriff ...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsToo many Illinois babies are born prematurely, according to the March of Dimes. Its new report card shows 10.1 percent of the state’s births were at up to 37 weeks’...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA meet and greet for Livingston County State's Attorney challenger Randy Yedinak is happening at Pour Richard's in Odell on Thursday.Like the last event, people are asked to b...