By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Bobcats are no longer endangered, and a newly signed bill aims to curtail what some downstate lawmakers say is a rapidly growing population. Bobcats were endangered in Illinois from 1977 to 1999, but their numbers have recovered. Some worry a bobcat hunting season will endanger the animals once again. The measure…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News In June 2015, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) conducted compliance checks around the state and visited 324 businesses licensed to sell liquor. They cited 43 for violations of liquor control laws. Eighty-seven percent of the licensees visited complied with Illinois liquor laws and refused to serve underage customers. This…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The Pontiac Fire department responded to a small blaze in a second story apartment in downtown Pontiac. According to Fire Chief Scott Runyon, the call came in around 10:30 Saturday night, when a neighbor to 109 ½ N. Mill Street, Apartment D, noticed smoke coming out from under the door. When…… MORE
By Haley Kosik/WJEZ News U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth has reservations about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Duckworth, now a Democratic congressman from Hoffman Estates, said she’s for trade, but she’s worried about whether the partners to the deal will comply with the terms. “My concern is that when we enter into a trade agreement, it needs…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Pontiac Police officers are looking for a man accused of assaulting a woman late Friday night. According to Pontiac Police Major Dan Davis, a woman reported a man in the basement of her rental apartment in the 800 block of North Main Street at 11:51 p.m. She reported that he assaulted…… MORE
If you know the whereabouts of any of these individuals, please contact the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department at 815-844-2774 or LivCom at 815-842-0911. … MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News The 34th annual Rotary Citizen of the Year Banquet was held yesterday, honoring the Reverends George and Rubye Russell. During the program, many of their peers and people who have worked alongside them spoke of memories of the pair and how much their work has meant to the community of Pontiac.…… MORE
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Christian Laettner, of Duke and NBA basketball fame and the only collegiate member of the 1992 Olympics gold medal-winning Dream Team will be coming to Pontiac June 5 through 7 for various events benefitting The Basketball Museum of Illinois. WJEZ’s own Mark Myer sat down with Laettner recently and he talked…… MORE
