By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Dwight Lions Club will host the Dwight Lions Health Fair Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Hall, located at 118 W. Mazon Avenue, Dwight. Seminars, along with question and answer sections will take place, ranging from prostate health and diabetes awareness to diet and exercise information.…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Christian Laettner Basketball Weekend is coming soon and spaces are filling up for the clinics being held June fifth through seventh. Coaches and students in kindergarten through twelfth grades are invited to take part in these clinics and a meet and greet scheduled for that weekend. Laettner also recorded a…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A very special American Red Cross Blood Drive is being held in honor of a Cornell woman, who received 16 units of blood after complications arose from a caesarian birth in February. Pam Meiner, Marketing and Communications director for OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, said this blood drive in…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Thursday is your chance to hear the last concert of 2015 for the Pontiac Township High School Music Department. The jazz band, men’s barbershop quartet, Swinging Bridges Brass Ensemble and the Route 66 Vocal Jazz Choir will begin entertaining attendees beginning at 7 p.m. This “Evening of Jazz” is free to…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Those who travel what’s commonly known as the Weston Blacktop, or Livingston County Highway 10, will need to find a new route during road construction that begins Wednesday. According to the Livingston County Highway Department, construction will take approximately three months on the stretch of the highway, reaching from County Highway…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Michael Somers of Forrest experienced something many fear: a debilitating injury from a car accident, leaving him unable to work or care for himself and family. Since the hit and run accident where he was run off a road by a semi which happened nine years ago this month, the people…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Representative Tom Bennett stopped by to give constituents an update on what’s going on in Springfield. Bennett said things have been hectic but good lately in the Illinois House. Four bills he worked on were sent from the House to the Senate recently involving Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, open meetings act,…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News This evening is your chance to learn Chinese tea culture at the Dongbai International Art School. The class, which will be instructed by three certified Master Tea Artists, will include how to properly brew Chinese tea, how to use Chinese tea ware, types of Chinese tea and the rituals that have…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Applications are being accepted for the George McKibben Memorial Scholarship for college juniors or seniors enrolled in an agriculture-related program at any state college in Illinois. McKibben was a 37-year agronomist for the University of Illinois, who passed away in 1988. His contributions to agriculture are still seen today, with his…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Red Carpet Corridor ushered in some new exhibits in Pontiac, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week all summer long. Rebecca Black, tourism specialist for the City of Pontiac, said the Bob Waldmire Experience and Music of the Civil War opened, along with the move of…… MORE
