Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
4-year-old, 3 Pekin Police officers taken to hospital after lake rescue
The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is conducting a follow-up investigation. (Photo courtesy: Pekin Police/WJBC) By Heart of Illinois ABC PEKIN – A 4-year-old child and three Pekin Police offic...
Feb 28, 2022
Illinois gas prices up 14 cents over the week
Here in Illinois, gas is up 14.8 cents over the week, averaging $3.85 a gallon. (WJBC file photo)By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Gas prices are up across the country amid the Russia and Ukraine confl...
Feb 28, 2022
Omicron sublineage identified in central Illinois
Kelsey Carter, left, molecular lab tech, and Lindsey Margewich, right, lead molecular lab tech, loading a cartridge for a sequencing run into the Illumina NextSeq. (Photo courtesy Reditus Labs)By Neil...
Feb 28, 2022
Governor speaks at Chicago peace rally for Ukraine
Gov. Pritzker’s great-grandfather left Kyiv, Ukraine for Chicago in 1881. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker and other elected officials joined a Chicago ...
Feb 28, 2022
Hundreds flood Miller Park Lake in Bloomington for polar plunge
B104’s Buck Stevens took the plunge Saturday afternoon. (Photo courtesy WBWN.com)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Hundreds took a dip into an icy cold Miller Park lake in Bloomington for a polar pl...
Feb 28, 2022
Karr: Shopping malls are making a transition to other uses
Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The shopping mall – retail destination of the seventies and eighties – is ...
Feb 28, 2022
Birds Give Back results in record breaking totals
Donations and proceeds will further modernize the Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center and will ultimately lead to the expansion of services and resources available in that space. (Photo courtesy of G...
Feb 25, 2022
Raoul announces final approval of $26 billion national opioid settlement agreement
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the funds will be used to fight problems caused by addictive opiates.(Photo courtesy Illinois.gov)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame...
Feb 25, 2022
Illinois lawmaker can’t stay quiet any longer about the wrongfully accused
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A Black teenager from Waukegan – Martell Williams, 15 – was reportedly detained for two d...
Feb 25, 2022
Durbin: Russian President Vladimir Putin can expect some real punishment
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke to Illinois reporters on Thursday. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was on his way out of Eastern Europe as Russia inva...
Feb 25, 2022
