Livingston County News

A request for a temporary restraining order will be heard Wednesday as Pontiac prison workers prepare to move 100 inmates within the next two weeks.

The state's top officials want to put the brakes on a lawsuit that could keep them from closing Pontiac prison.

WMBD/WYZZ LIVINGSTON CO. -The Illinois Attorney General's Office files a motion Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the closing of Pontiac Prison.

The Illinois attorney general's office is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at stopping Governor Rod Blagojevich from closing a central Illinois prison.

A local group has bought a 19th-century home with strong ties to Abraham Lincoln as a way to preserve the past and commemorate history.

Throughout Illinois, hundreds of employees of state parks, historic sites and state human service agencies are wondering if their jobs will disappear in the near future.

Police said they stamped out a postage theft setup in Ottawa. Investigators said 38-year-old Scott E. Cody stole 70 sheets of stamps worth $600 from the retail shop at the U.S. Postal Service office on Etna ...

The Howell Public Schools Parker Campus may be mostly shuttered, but it could open to "students" if a deal to film an upcoming movie is inked.

The University of Illinois Extension and Livingston County Home and Community Education organization will offer two educational programs concurrently at OSF St.

A 33-year-old Wisconsin woman who's facing charges for enrolling in high school as her 15-year-old daughter is no stranger to authorities in Cass County.

The death of a Dwight teenager, who was struck by a train Wednesday, is under investigation by the Livingston County Coroner and Sheriff's offices.

Just a day after Governor Blagojevich got word from an advisory committee that he should not close Pontiac prison.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The union that represents the state's prison workers is suing the governor to stop his plan to close a central Illinois lockup.

A bipartisan legislative panel on Tuesday snubbed Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to shut down the Pontiac Correctional Center, but he still could proceed with the closure.

When it comes to carrying out plans to close state facilities, Gov. Rod Blagojevich doesn't have history on his side.

BREAKING NEWS: Hundreds rescued as Hurricane Ike hits Galveston Posted 9/13/2008, 8:11AM, by John Stewart The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flash Flood Warning for northern Livingston County, ...

The second and final installment of Livingston County real estate taxes is due Wednesday.

The Long Point Home Extension Unit met with the Rooks Creek Home Extension Unit Sept.

A program at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Livingston County Extension Office in Pontiac will review trends in leasing, cash rents and farm earnings and look ahead to projections for 2009.

Local history will come back to life at Esman-Camp Cemetery, rural Cornell, during a cemetery walk from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.