By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Once ’n Again is having its annual Back to School Supply drive for local students in need. From August 12-15, customers can bring in items, including #2 pencils, boxes of Kleenex, zip lock bags, binders, notebooks and colored pencils, and save 20 percent on their purchase the day they bring in…… MORE
By Mark Myre/WJEZ Sports Pontiac Township High School Football is hosting a “Community Clinic” from 9-11am this Saturday in the High School Commons and Auditorium. This event is open to anyone who’d like to know more about the program (values, scheme, plays, plans, etc). Feel free to contact Buck Casson at [email protected] if you have…… MORE
By Mark Myre/WJEZ Sports I had a chance to play with a great woman’s coach from Elgin High School, Lee Turek. Coach Turek, a Hall of Famer, had great teams at Elgin High School. Elgin finished second in the state in 1996 and was one of the top teams in the state that year. Coach…… MORE
The governor issued dozens of layoff notices to Illinois State Museum system employees and the legislature shot right back. State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) says the governor’s layoff notices, effective September 30th, which also impact IEMA and DCEO among other agencies, ignores the legislative process. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability will likely…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The name of the victim of the fatal accident east of Saunemin Tuesday has been released with the permission of his family. Livingston County Coroner Michael P. Burke said 16-year-old Dustin L. Walter was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle accident. The accident happened on Route 116 at the…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Hunter Gerdes Memorial Golf Outing is happening Saturday at Wolf Creek Golf Course in Cayuga. Along with golf, there will also be children’s games, a meal and both silent and live auctions. The outing is in honor of Hunter Gerdes, who passed away from leukemia in September 2008 at the…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A Tuesday afternoon crash claimed the life of one person. The driver was found to be without signs of life at 4:57 p.m. According to Livingston County Coroner Michael P. Burke, the accident happened on Route 116 east of Saunemin at the north curve just west of 3100 East Road. The…… MORE
Legislation signed into law Sunday will ensure Illinois seniors and others living with chronic eye conditions can obtain refills when needed of their eye drop medications. Public Act 99-0226, spearheaded by Representative Dan Brady (R-Bloomington), requires insurance companies to refill eye-drop medications before the anticipated refill date for those with a chronic need. Brady said…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Cullom Homecoming Celebration begins Thursday and includes various activities for the whole family. The 68th Junior Fair is Thursday through Saturday and will be include a food tent on the midway by St. John’s Lutheran Church. St. John’s Catholic Church will also host a dinner at its Rectory Parish on…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Illinois Department of Public Health have now recommended students at U of I at Urbana receive a booster shot of the MMR vaccine as soon as possible. MMR, which stands for measles, mumps and rubella, is now recommended because of continued mumps infections in a number of students in both…… MORE
