Livingston County, IL

United Way of Livingston County received notice the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) has allocated $5,393 to supplement emergency food and shelter services in Livingston County during Phase 38, and $20,077 for ARPAR. Deb Howard, United Way’s Executive Director and the Local EFSP chairperson said, this will provide much needed food assistance to families.”

It has begun! The voting season is underway as Thursday marked the first day early voters were legally allowed to cast their vote in the Illinois Primary Election, which is officially slated for June 28. The early voting has now placed into focus who and what are on the ballot...

Pontiac Supporting Tom Vagasky for sheriff We are proud to support Tom Vagasky in his effort to be the next sheriff of Livingston County. He will bring the respectability, leadership and proven experience needed in that office. ...

THURSDAY May 19 PONTIAC Noon-3 p.m. — St. Mary's Food Pantry, 401 E. Water St., is open to Livingston County residents from noon to 3 p.m. for inside pickup. 815-844 3663. ...

After the Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago, the climate warmed and the Fairbury area became prairie lands. One of the earliest Illinois maps, from 1821, shows Livingston County was prairie grass except for trees along the creeks and rivers. The Native Americans who lived in the Fairbury area...

TUESDAY May 17 PONTIAC 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Salvation Army Food Pantry is open for inside patronage. ...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for predatory sexual assault in a deal that Livingston County’s chief prosecutor said spares the victim from having to testify in open court. State’s Attorney Randy Yedinak said Jeremy Coates, 39, of Frankfort, sexually assaulted...

WILL COUNTY - A Frankfort man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursday. Jeremy Coates, 39, learned his fate Wednesday after pleading guilty to the crime. The sentence was handed down by...

Noon-3 p.m. — St. Mary's Food Pantry, 401 E. Water St., is open to Livingston County residents from noon to 3 p.m. for inside pickup. 815-844 3663. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Salvation Army Food Pantry is open for inside patronage. PONTIAC. 6 p.m. — Livingston County Board meets,...

Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a Will County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Jeremy Coates, 39, of Frankfort, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday by Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer H. Bauknecht after pleading guilty to a Class X felony count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Coates will be required to serve 85% of his 25-year sentence.

In an effort to find out what is actually happening with the Pontiac and Vandalia prisons, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have called for a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and House Appropriations- Public Safety Committees. “The Pritzker administrations has not been transparent or forthcoming about what if any...