$275M more for Illinois roads this year

Illinois could have $275 million more for road and bridge projects this year if lawmakers approve a funding plan when they return to Springfield today. Read More

New Year welcomes social host law, big fines for violators

Illinois parents who let people under 21 drink alcohol in their homes are in for stronger penalties in the New Year. Read More

Counselor: Make New Year's resolutions specific and realistic

New Year's resolutions don't tend to last long, but a local counselor says it helps to look at the bright side. Read More

2012 drought expected to move in 2013

The drought of 2012 in the Midwest was the drought of 2011 for the Southeast and will most likely be the drought of 2013 for the high plains. Read More

Rutherford: Going off 'fiscal cliff' won't have immediate impact

Illinois' state treasurer says it'll take a few days before the country feels the momentum of falling off the "fiscal cliff." Read More

Snowfall slows New Year's Eve travel

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for most of Central and south Central Illinois until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Read More

Community leaders lost in 2012

Two former university leaders, many local business entrepreneurs and several members of the WJBC family were lost in 2012. Read More

Winter Weather Advisory Issued for New Year's Eve, Day

Central Illinois could ring in the New Year with up to 2 inches of snow. Read More

Holiday Classic boosts slow week in Bloomington-Normal

"The best basketball this side of March" makes Bloomington-Normal businesses very happy this side of Christmas. Read More

2012: The year we discovered the end of the universe

In the summer of 2012 scientists announced the historic discovery of a Higgs particle. Using the largest machine ever constructed, the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smashed atoms... Read More