Category Archives: Local News

Community Forum: Parade is Ready to Go on Sunday

Community Forum: Parade is Ready to Go on Sunday

Cathi Coppinger from the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce talks about the Threshermen’s Parade and other events going on at the chamber. The Community Forum on WJEZ is sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE

Community Forum: Miss Ruka Needs a Forever Home

Community Forum: Miss Ruka Needs a Forever Home

Skylar Dohman from the Livingston County Humane Society joins us to talk about Miss Ruka and how you can make her a part of your family. The Community Forum on WJEZ is sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE

Community Forum: Dairy Council Working to Get Back Into Schools

Community Forum: Dairy Council Working to Get Back Into Schools

Monica Nyman, Registered Dietician and Senior Nutrition Educator for the St. Louis District Dairy Council, talks with Todd Wineburner about the Dairy Council’s efforts to get information about Dairy back into area schools. The Community Forum is sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE

Community Forum: Barickman Not Optimistic About Re-districting

Community Forum: Barickman Not Optimistic About Re-districting

State Senator Jason Barickman says there’s a problem with Illinois’s re-districting map, but it likely won’t get fixed. That and more in a conversation with Todd Wineburner on the Community Forum, sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE

Community Forum: So Far, So Good at Pontiac’s District 429

Community Forum: So Far, So Good at Pontiac’s District 429

Superintendent Brian Dukes from Pontiac District 429 Brian Dukes, Superintendent at District 429, talks with Todd Wineburner about how things are progressing in 2021, and his outlook is upbeat and positive. The Community Forum on WJEZ is sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE

COVID-19 Numbers for August 17th through the 23rd

COVID-19 Numbers for August 17th through the 23rd

By Todd Wineburner The Livingston County Health Department says 83 COVID-19 cases remain active in the area. That figure is based on 82 new cases identified through testing performed from August 17th through the 23rd. The latest figures bring the total number of infections in the county to 5,153. The overwhelming majority of those infected…MORE

Community Forum: State Representative Tom Bennett

Community Forum: State Representative Tom Bennett

State Representative Tom Bennett talks with Todd Wineburner about a resolution calling for an end to Governor Pritzker’s executive order style of running the state. He talks, too, about the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and what they mean for Illinois redistricting. The Community Forum on WJEZ is sponsored by K & S Ford…MORE

Community Forum: What Affects My Social Security Benefits?

Community Forum: What Affects My Social Security Benefits?

Jack Myers from the Social Security Administration talks with Todd Wineburner about things that might affect your Social Security retirement benefits and things that might not. The Community Forum on WJEZ is sponsored by K & S Ford in Fairbury.MORE