Category Archives: Local News

By Howard PackowitzDental records or DNA will be used to positively identify the charred remains of a driver whose car struck a guard rail and burned just north of Chatsworth. That's the official word...

Some of the students involved with Dwight High School’s Teens Terminating Tobacco group/Photo courtesy of Erin FogartyStudents at Dwight Township High School have teamed up with the Livingston C...

By Todd WineburnerIn Chatsworth, they’re getting ready for this Saturday’s (5/4/19) Bluebird Festival, and Mayor Richard Runyon says there’s going to be plenty to see and do. Saturda...

State Senator Jason Barickman/WJEZ file photoBy Todd WineburnerState Senator Jason Barickman says he's bracing himself for the last few weeks of the Spring session of the Illinois General Assembly. Du...

Pontiac’s Yost House Museum/WJEZ file photoBy Todd WineburnerPontiac's Yost House Museum will be open on Saturday night (4/27) from 4 until 7 for an open house and recruiting effort. Volunteer M...

By Todd WineburnerPontiac's District 429 school board plans to approve a calendar for the upcoming school year, in spite of the fact that lawmakers in Springfield haven't issued official guidelines. S...

By Todd WineburnerAt the Livingston County Public Health Department, they're encouraging parents to think ahead when it comes to getting children ready for the upcoming school year. In a recent conver...

By Neil DoyleWith an increase in the number of Illinois State Troopers being hit by passing motorists, Secretary of State Jesse White is reiterating a simple idea: don’t drive while distracted a...

By A.J. HarrisAt the latest meeting of the Fairbury City Council, street repair was a big part of the agenda.Reports from the meeting say that Joe Russow of the Farnsworth Group explained the work tha...

State Senator Jason Barickman/Photo Courtesy of WJBC/WJBC.comBy Neil DoyleState Senator Jason Barickman is not on board with a bill to give each baby born or adopted in Illinois $50 to start a college...