Category Archives: On Air

 Melissa Leach and Carla Corrie By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsTwo Bank of Pontiac employees recently received diplomas from the Cannon Trust School at the University of Notre Dame.Carla Corrie, T...

The governor’s office no-showed a revenue hearing, supposedly because it took place in Chicago. Yet at the same time the hearing was taking place, Gov. Bruce Rauner was speaking just across the ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner is combining several of his proposals into one bill, but that doesn’t seem to sway Democrats opposed to parts of his agenda.Rauner’s consolidated legislation includes som...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsThe Pontiac City Council met last night and addressed several items, including the re-opening of the Eagle Theatre.The Vermillion Players are first in line to use the facility...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA fryer fire brought the Pontiac Fire Department to Pizza Hut Sunday evening.The restaurant, located at 1 Vermillion Plaza, reported the fire shortly before 9 p.m., but the su...

Jason Fuller By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA Pontiac man turned himself in to police Friday after an alleged incident at Pontiac's Super 8 Motel.According to Pontiac Police Chief Jim Woolford, an inci...

From left: Tresean Morey, Walter Bradford, Montelle Talley and Jacorey Shettleworth. By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsA routine traffic stop in Pontiac Friday turned into arrests for four Peoria men.Acco...

Gov. Bruce Rauner has scaled back what he's asking the legislature to consider from his agenda to three bills.Rauner didn't specify which three of his proposals he was referring to after an event in E...

Democrats are accusing Gov. Bruce Rauner of overstepping his authority on cuts to child care, supplemental Medicaid payments, and ambulance services.The cuts come in the form of emergency rules at sta...

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsWith school starting all over the county in coming weeks, drivers are urged to be aware of returning students, whether on bicycles, on foot or on school buses.Mark Jontry, reg...