Category Archives: Local News

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsWith sports already underway at Pontiac Junior High School this year, some parents, family and friends are finding it difficult making it to all the games for one reason or an...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsWith kids and adults alike dipping into the sweet treats from Halloween earlier this week, dental health needs to be considered.Monica Nyman is a registered dietician with the...

Jake’s Boys (photo provided) By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Meadows Communities are holding its annual Gospel Fest from 11 to 2 Saturday at Christ Community Church in Gridley.This event will ...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Countdown to Giving Tuesday Tour with the United Way of Livingston County and WJEZ is making a stop at the Pour Farmer's Pub in Odell tonight from 5:30 to 8.Executive dire...

Bob Sehring has worked for OSF HealthCare since 2002. (Photo courtesy OSF) OSF Healthcare has a new CEO. Robert Sehring has been with OSF since 2002. "It really is a wonderful group of leaders ac...

In high school football playoff openers from the weekend, Pontiac fell at Tolono Unity 61-42, Prairie Central lost at Rochester 42-6, Fieldcrest lost 40-0 to West Carroll but El Paso-Gridley earned an...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsHalloween night, the time when ghosts and goblins take to the streets and sidewalks, knocking on doors looking for treats, happens Tuesday evening all throughout the county, a...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Livingston County Democrats held a "Get to know the candidates forum" Friday evening at the Pontiac Township High School auditorium, with all five democratic candidates ru...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsIn the first week of high school football playoffs, WJEZ is bringing you the Prairie Central versus Rochester game right here at 98.9.Hawks Coach Kirk Brandenburg said, while ...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsOperation Snowflurry, a semi-annual event that for 4th and 5th graders throughout the county, is happening Saturday at Pontiac Central School from 8:30 to 2.Joe Vaughan, execu...