Category Archives: Local News
Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall
By: Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsPeople who shop at Livingston County grocery stores are safe from the recalled Blue Bell items, which have been voluntarily recalled by the company due to listeria contaminat...
Apr 24, 2015
Pontiac Police Investigate Attempted Robbery at Walgreens
By: Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsAn attempted robbery occurred at Walgreens in Pontiac early Wednesday morning.According to Pontiac Police Major Dan Davis, the perpetrator damaged several windows in the stor...
Apr 24, 2015
PTHS Spring Choral Concert this Sunday
By: Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Pontiac Township High School Choral Department will hold is Spring Choral Concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the PTHS Auditorium.The men's chorus, women's chorus and concert ...
Apr 24, 2015
Benefit Being Held for Local Teen Organ Recipient
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsFor nearly a year now, area residents have seen fliers plastered all around advertising the Alexis' Angels Benefit planned for this Saturday at Freakster's Roadhouse from 2 to...
Apr 23, 2015
Pair Arrested on Drug Charges in Pontiac
Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsTo Pontiac residents have been arrested and are facing drug charges after the Livingston County Proactive Unit made a traffic stop and executed a subsequent search warrant on a r...
Apr 23, 2015
Pontiac Police Officer Faces Disciplinary Hearing
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsPontiac Police Corporal Daron Bagnell faces a disciplinary hearing with the Fire and Police Commission in Pontiac, which began Wednesday morning.Bagnell, an 18-year-veteran of...
Apr 23, 2015
The Rise of the ‘Promposal’
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsTeenagers all across the United States who plan on going to prom this year are expected to spend in the neighborhood of $1,000 on the big night, with about one-third of that a...
Apr 22, 2015
Livingston County Board Meeting Rescheduled for Thursday
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsAfter a couple hundred angry protesters showed up to the Livingston County Board meeting last week, causing it to be postponed and relocated to a larger venue, the agenda item...
Apr 22, 2015
Durbin Wants Benefits for Disabled Veterans Extended
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin/Photo courtesy of the Senator's office By Will Stevenson–Illinois Radio News U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wants to expand a program that currently provi...
Mar 06, 2015
Livingston County Law Enforcement Makes Drug Arrest in Pontiac
By Todd WineburnerThe Livingston County Proactive Unit and the Pontiac Tactical Response Team took action early Thursday morning, finding and seizing illegal drugs at 625 E. Madison in Pontiac. Pontia...
Mar 06, 2015
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