Category Archives: Local News

By A.J. HarrisNo ICE Dwight appears to be gaining steam on a national stage.According to the group’s Facebook page, HBO’s news program Vice News Tonight has been in contact with the organi...

By Howard Packowitz and A.J. HarrisThe mayor of Dwight says he’s disgusted with “false or negative” narratives created by opponents of a proposed 45-million dollar immigrant detentio...

By Howard PackowitzLivingston County Sheriff’s detectives said they found an endangered runaway girl on Wednesday at a Bloomington hotel after she had been missing for five days. A man who was w...

Bishop Fulton Sheen/File Photo courtesy of WJBC.com.By Howard Packowitz and A.J. HarrisThe remains of famed Archbishop Fulton Sheen of El Paso appear to be a step closer to being moved to central Illi...

By A.J. HarrisPontiac Director of Parks and Recreation Taylor Baxter discussed Rec Center fees and splash pad furnishings at the Pontiac City Council meeting Monday night.Baxter outlined fee increases...

By WJEZ StaffLivingston County Clerk Kristy Masching will open her office on Saturday, March 2 from 9AM to noon for in-person voter registration. The in-person and mail-in voter registration deadline ...

By A.J. HarrisThough there will be no vote on the deal between Immigration Center of America and the Village of Dwight at tonight’s board meeting, No-ICE-Dwight is still calling for protests.The...

By WJEZ StaffPre-school screening opportunities are still available for several Livingston County School Districts. The screenings are free and open to children from infancy to 5 years of age. Childre...

By Todd WineburnerAn annual event is set for tomorrow (Saturday, 2/23) for Prairie Central's FFA chapter. The Farm and Home Show starts at 10 o'clock at the Prairie Central Upper Elementary school on ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker/WJEZ file photoBy Dave DahlIf you thought the minimum wage bill passed in a hurry, Governor J.B. Pritzker says there's more where that came from.In his budget speech We...