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U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger is working on a bill that would expand the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area to portions of the WNIJ listening…
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Freeport officials unveiled a new City Hall as part of the city's 162nd anniversaryThe Freeport Journal-Standard reports it’s located in the former…
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Freeport City Council members have approved a three-year contract between the municipality and its police union. The document was approved Jan. 17 and…
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About 4,000 people in the WNIJ listening area got a chance to pose with the Chicago Cubs World Series trophy last weekend. It made its way to Naperville…
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“All In” – that’s the main concept for a new brand campaign Freeport recently launched.The idea is to create a story unique to the Freeport and Stephenson…
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Freeport Mayor Jim Gitz says it’s time to make way for new leaders. He announced Thursday he will NOT run for re-election. Gitz was elected in 2013: he…
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Freeport residents voted in favor of changing the city’s form of government from one run by a full-time mayor and city council to one with a city manager…
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A group in Freeport is backing a measure that would place a city manager in charge of the city’s administration. Small business owner Pat Leitzen Frye is…
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The Freeport School District is rolling out more personal standardized tests. The new assessment is known as the Measures of Academic Progress Test, and…
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Freeport’s mayor and council are at odds over the city’s legal department. Mayor Jim Gitz on Monday vetoed a council measure to end the department and…