Stories about Livingston County
Woodland High School announced its 2021-2022 honor roll for the second semester.
The mission of Brush Arbor Meeting Cowboy Church, 111 Third St., in Long Point and its Arena of Hope, about 10 miles southeast of Streator, near Cornell — founded by Pastor Bill Kehoe — intertwine Christianity and principles of the West.
4-H youth are bringing their general projects, livestock and smiles to Pontiac next week.
The Illinois State Board of Education has distributed the fiscal year 2022 School Maintenance Grants, totaling $30 million in state funding to over 600 eligible applicants
Appointments are available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, July 13 and 20, Aug 3 and 10, with the Livingston County Health Department for school and sports physicals and immunization clinics to help families ready their children for school.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 years old and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months through 5 years old are available through the Livingston County Health Department.
Ryan Bohm, a 19-year member of the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department, has a sizable lead against Tom Vagasky for the Republican nomination for Livingston County sheriff.
Livingston County Treasurer Nikki Meier said the Livingston County real estate tax bills were mailed Friday, May 27.
A man and a woman were arrested Thursday at the Olive Garden in Peru in connection with a shooting reported Wednesday in South Streator.
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a suspect for questioning following a report shots were fired Wednesday in South Streator.
The transfer of 170 medium security inmates out of Pontiac Correctional Center in February, along with an unapproved draft of a plan that would close certain medium security wings of the prison has led to some questions about the prison’s fate.
State lawmakers have called a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and House Appropriations-Public Safety Committees to get an update on Pontiac and Vandalia prisons.
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) announced Vice President Mike Pence will join him as a special guest and the keynote speaker for the joint 2022 Lincoln Day Dinner with the Peoria and Tazewell County Republican Central Committees.
Woodland High School hosted its annual honor’s night Wednesday.
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) and Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) are hosting a town hall meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Pontiac High School, 1100 E. Indiana Ave., to discuss the Pontiac Correctional Center.