What’s the longest running Christmas special? “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” first premiered on December 6, 1964, and it has broadcast every year since. Happy 50th Birthday Rudolph! “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” premiered on television December 14, 1970.… MORE
By Cathi Coppinger Are you counting down the days until you get off work for the holidays? And sometime around December 28th … are you counting down the days until you can get away from your crazy FAMILY and back to the sweet relief of work? Fifty-six percent of people say they usually need a…… MORE
Democratic candidates in the U.S. Senate race aren’t demanding resignations over the handling of the Laquan McDonald case. Protesters have called for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to leave office since the footage of McDonald being shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer was released. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The holidays can bring a lot of stress along with good memories and Joe Vaughan, executive director of IHR addressed some of the ways to relieve stress in a recent Community Forum. One piece of advice Vaughan gave was following traditions, while adding that changing some traditions or adding new ones…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A new survey shows rear seatbelt usage is still lagging behind front seat occupants, even though the state’s mandatory seat belt law’s addition of backseat passengers has been in effect for three years. The survey was done in Chicago, Cook County, Upstate Illinois and Downstate Illinois, with downstate showing the highest…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Downtown Pontiac will be lit with luminaries Thursday night. PROUD is sponsoring the evening shopping event where the luminaries will be seen from the city sidewalks and participating downtown businesses will hold special holiday shopping hours. Santa will also be in his house on the north side of the square to…… MORE
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By Cathi Coppinger Wondering what to get your co-worker for Christmas? A recent survey asked people to name the best Christmas gifts they’ve gotten from a co-worker, and OFFICE SUPPLIES somehow made the list. Here are the top five: Gift cards. Which is nice because they’re easy. Twenty-five percent of the people surveyed said it’s…… MORE
A former member of the Gateway Steam is in Pontiac made an appearance this week for the training camp for the Pontiac 66ers. Darion “Jake” Anderson played for the Steam under Coach Durrell Robinson, who is now coaching the 66ers. Anderson recently signed with the Chicago Bulls. He is the 15th player from the Midwest…… MORE
This morning on Jock Jibberish, Todd and Cynthia will talk about re-gifting and some of the weirdest gifts people have gotten from Secret Santas at work. In a new survey, 52 percent of people said they will re-gift something this Christmas. Some of the top re-gifting items include socks, underwear, toiletries and candles. On the…… MORE
