By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Livingston County Sheriff Tony Childress called a press conference yesterday to address some allegations made by a county board member in a story by a local newspaper. Sheriff Tony Childress talked about how in that story, Board Member John Yoder said, and Childress denied, that there were uniformed officers walking a…… MORE
So Starbucks is getting attacked for their coffee cups. WHY? The holiday cups aren’t ‘Christmas-y’ enough. So they’re just bright red with the green Starbucks logo. Some people are so outraged they’re saying this is a sign that Starbucks has joined the War on Christmas – just because they don’t have ornaments, snowflakes or…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Too many Illinois babies are born prematurely, according to the March of Dimes. Its new report card shows 10.1 percent of the state’s births were at up to 37 weeks’ gestation. You’re supposed to be pregnant for about 40 weeks. The place in Illinois with the highest rate was Peoria, at…… MORE
Today during Jock Jibberish, Todd and Cynthia will talk about a survey that highlights some of the top things we hate most about customer service. When I think of customer service, I think of talking to a person who can help me with whatever I’m calling about, but do we get an actual living, breathing…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News A meet and greet for Livingston County State’s Attorney challenger Randy Yedinak is happening at Pour Richard’s in Odell on Thursday. Like the last event, people are asked to bring a nonperishable food item and everything collected will be divided up among all the local food pantries. The event will happen…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Livingston County Farm Bureau will be holding its second annual Shopping and Craft Show this weekend in conjunction with PROUD’s Jolly Trolley Open House. Livingston County Farm Bureau Manager Jody Hughes said the group will be set up at the old Radio Shack building on Mill Street, offering many different…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, located at 903 West Custer Avenue in Pontiac yesterday afternoon. Co-owner Todd Snedecor said they wanted a modern funeral facility and everything it brings to people of the community. “Funerals are changing. People are…… MORE
By Cathi Coppinger A new survey found 90 percent of people think it’s the LITTLE things that can make a day better. Here are the top ten: Doing a good deed for someone. Having a stranger do a random act of kindness for you. Finding a bargain. Getting a spontaneous hug. Getting a compliment from…… MORE
So not a lot of people are without cell phones today. Those same cell phones are causing MORE problems. When you think of things like that, you think of texting and driving or even talking on cell phones while driving, but cell phones are causing a new crop of problems overseas. A new…… MORE
The death of an Illinois police officer which sparked a large manhunt has now been ruled a suicide. Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz carefully staged his death to make it look a homicide, according to George Filenko, commander of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force. Filenko says it looks like Gliniewicz was stealing…… MORE
