Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Illinois Municipal League shares legislative wish list for 2023
Cathy Adduci is village president of River Forest and president of the Illinois Municipal League. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The state quit giving municipalities a ten-percent sli...
Feb 24, 2023
El Paso mother seeks justice after school bus driver grabs her son
Unit11 school district says the bus driver was disciplined for what she did, but the board's policy does not allow that to be made public. (WJBC file photo)By 25 NewsEL PASO – A mother in the El...
Feb 24, 2023 (Photo courtesy: Pixabay/File)
McLean County man heads to prison for trying to produce child pornography at his home
Curtis Cleary, 40, of Chenoa. (Photo McLean County Sheriff’s Office)By 25 NewsBLOOMINGTON – A Chenoa man has pleaded guilty to a felony charge for videotaping two young teenagers using a b...
Feb 24, 2023
Illinois gaming now a multi-billion dollar industry
Illinois gambling is reaching record numbers. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – What was once just a couple of riverboats, Illinois gaming is now a multi-billion dollar indu...
Feb 23, 2023
Choate Mental Health and Development Center is in danger of closing
State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) says, closing Choate is exactly the wrong thing to do. (Dave Dahl)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker – as of Feb. 16 – sounds as if he i...
Feb 23, 2023
State Senator proposes bill to do away with the subminimum wage
State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago) is sponsoring a bill to end the subminimum wage, which many restaurant workers are paid. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Ah, that unspoken...
Feb 23, 2023
Illinois Republicans respond to recent Wirepoints report about public education
State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Some statehouse Republicans – members of the "Illinois Freedom Caucus" – say Illinois public education...
Feb 23, 2023
Bloomington woman given 14-years in prison for sexually abusing a teenager
Amanda Peterson, 43, sentenced to 14-years in prison for sexually abusing a teenager. (McLean County Sheriff’s Office)By 25 NewsBLOOMINGTON – A McLean County judge has sentenced a Blooming...
Feb 23, 2023
Illinois facing critical shortage of engineers
P.J. Fitzgerald, chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois, says there is a critical shortage. (Facebook/ACEC-Illinois)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – If you have college-b...
Feb 22, 2023
U of I introduces statewide ‘broadband lab’
The lab is a virtual one. The goal is to shake loose federal funds and attract them to Illinois. (Illinois Broadband Lab)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – In the year 2023, you may be taking reliable, h...
Feb 22, 2023
