By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance in information regarding several home and motor vehicle burglaries in the past several days. Several burglaries happened to unoccupied homes since Sunday and reportedly happened during the daytime or early evening hours. A blue passenger car may have been involved…… MORE
The answer “We don’t have the money” does not wash with Sara Howe. The chief executive officer of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association says the governor’s amendatory veto of what was touted as comprehensive heroin legislation is not acceptable. The part vetoed addresses $15 million to cover Medicaid treatment, but Howe says…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Second annual Family Feast is happening Wednesday at Pontiac Township High School from 5 to 8 p.m. This event was created to make a better time for parents and students to come in for a sort of orientation at the school Principal Eric Bohm said there will be many events…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News OSF Rehabilitation services has moved their STAR Program to the oncology services facility to 608 N. Ladd Street in Pontiac The Survivorship Training and Rehabilitation offers premium oncology rehabilitation services to survivors who suffer from debilitating side effects caused by cancer treatments. For more about the STAR Program, contact the hospital…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The 67th annual Threshermen’s Reunion is happening this week north of Pontiac. The Second Oldest Show in the US will begin Thursday morning at 10 a.m. and Gus Rinker, who was a guest on Community Forum recently, detailed some of the things happening at the reunion. “Monday is a fun day,…… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health is taking steps to prevent more people in a Quincy veterans’ home from contracting Legionnaires’ disease. 23 cases have been confirmed and two people have died. Because Legionnaires’ disease is spread through water, not from person to person, IDPH Director Dr. Nirav Shah says checking water systems is the…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Chenoa Public Library has been chosen as one of the participants for the Illinois Build Day. The library is one of 12 statewide that is welcoming a small structure this week that contains books for a person to pick up, ready and returns it when they’re done reading it OR…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A second bird infected with the West Nile Virus has been discovered in Livingston County. This new bird was collected in Chatsworth on August 14. Along with that bird, a batch of mosquitoes testing positive for the virus was also found in Flanagan earlier in the month. The Livingston County Health…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News OSF HealthCare was recently recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for its high performance. This is the third performance year for the organization in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations and results continue to be promising, especially with providing a higher standard of care at a lower cost. The Pioneer…… MORE
By Mark Myre/WJEZ News Jake Arrieta has thrown the ball all year long. But last night he was awesome. Arrieta threw a no hitter as the Cubs beat the Dodgers 2-0. For Jake he always dreamed about throwing one, and now he has. The Cubs needed a win and Arrieta helped with that and more. … MORE
