Category Archives: State News
Cooler conditions headline this week’s USDA crop report
By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 6.1 days suitable for field work during the week ending August 20, 2023. Statewide, the average temperature was 69.8 degrees, 4.1 degrees below normal. Precipitat...
Aug 22, 2023
Illinois Capitol is a giant construction zone these days
Andrea Aggertt is the director of the Office of the Architect of the Illinois Capitol. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Coming to work to supervise a $240 million renovation of the nort...
Aug 15, 2023
New law will help members of FFA and 4-H
Naomi Dolan and Illinois FFA president Thad Bergschneider joined Gov. JB Pritzker Monday for the bill-signing ceremony on the fairgrounds. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When you are ...
Aug 15, 2023
Ranked choice voting a possibility in future Illinois elections
A new task force will look into changing the way Illinoisans vote – through what is called "ranked choice voting." (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A bill the governor has signed...
Aug 14, 2023
State Capitol dealing with construction zones
Andrea Aggertt lays out the timeline for some of the main features of the project. (WJBC File Photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Coming to work to supervise a $240 million renovation of the north w...
Aug 14, 2023
Illinois State Fair butter cow unveiled
Lorilee Schultz, whose family farms in Orangeville, near Freeport, is depicted milking the cow. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The famous butter cow, 2023 edition, has taken her place...
Aug 10, 2023
New name for McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield
Gov. JB Pritzker. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker tried Wednesday to correct an historic wrong by re-naming Springfield’s McFarland Mental Health Center for a wo...
Aug 10, 2023
Illinois State Fair featuring a sensory friendly area in 2023
The fair is Aug. 10-20. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Fair is for everyone, says fair manager Rebecca Clark."One in seven individuals live with a disabi...
Aug 07, 2023
Illinois State Fair preview
Illinois Department of Agriculture director Jerry Costello. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – This year's Illinois State Fair, which steps off next Thursday, is about what's new."The Mul...
Aug 04, 2023
Illinois auctioning off forgotten valuables at State Fair
The Illinois State Fair get’s underway in the middle of August. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Valuables left behind – mostly in forgotten safe-deposit boxes ...
Aug 02, 2023
