When asking Leon Garfat's teachers to describe him, the answer is simple. 

"He shares his love and his joy, and it is so contagious," Garfat's fourth grade teacher JoBeth Page said.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – Memorial Health System raises awareness about the vital functions performed by our kidneys, as well as the risk fac…

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – A former Macon County law enforcement officer has died after a search for a needed kidney.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Tom Butts thought he'd found his match.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Eight days after a kidney transplant Kevin Hale was back in Decatur and talking on the radio (TALK 101 FM) with me and our radio partner Scott Busboom.  I never knew the pain Kevin was suffering up to that point.