Category Archives: State News
House GOP ask Madigan to resign, Durkin wants to be speaker
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) says he will appeal to fifteen "reform-minded" Democrats to support him so he can be speaker. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD –...
Dec 02, 2020
DCEO updates Illinois lawmakers about BIG program
DCEO said $65 million dollars in grants have already been doled out to hard-hit restaurants and bars. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – An update for lawmakers about the governo...
Dec 02, 2020
Who will get a coronavirus vaccine first?
Shanna Siegers of Steger, Ill., participated in Tuesday's coronavirus briefing and shared her story. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – With talk of a coronavirus vaccine becomin...
Dec 01, 2020
Another Democrat says they won’t vote for Madigan
Willis makes, informally, nineteen Democrats backing away from Madigan, already leaving him at least six short of the sixty it will take to become speaker of the new General Assembly, which convenes n...
Dec 01, 2020
Last weekly USDA crop report of 2020
USDA's Mark Scheusener says his office is wrapping up for the season(Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave DahlIt's time to put a button on the weekly USDA crop report.Winter wheat is all that's in ...
Dec 01, 2020
Pritzker: Tier 3 restrictions will remain in place
Gov. JB Pritzker. (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Strap in for Tier Three until further notice.Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday he does not foresee rolling back the current mitigati...
Nov 30, 2020
House Republicans want answers about the situation in LaSalle
State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) says the coronavirus numbers at the state veterans' home in LaSalle – including 28 deaths – are sickening. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD ...
Nov 30, 2020
IDPH offers holiday food safety tips
The Illinois Department of Public Health recommends people follow four main steps for food safety: clean, separate, cook, chill. (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – While it won...
Nov 24, 2020
State health officials announce 9,469 new COVID cases
As of last night, 6,134 in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,203 patients were in the ICU and 668 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. (WJBC file photo) &n...
Nov 24, 2020
Judge sentences caller who threatened to shoot Rodney Davis
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville). (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCSPRINGFIELD – A US District Judge sentenced Randall E. Tarr, of Rochester, to serve two years probation...
Nov 23, 2020
