Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Mackinaw man wins $100K Central Catholic raffle
Central Catholic High School replaced its dream house giveaway by raffling off a $100,000 prize. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Central Catholic High School)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – A Mackinaw man h...
Feb 09, 2015
March of Dimes seeks new day care policy on vaccines
March of Dimes officials say day care operators should post whether their employees have to be vaccinated. (Photo by USACE/flickr)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – The March ...
Feb 09, 2015
Bloomington looking to approve water projects
Bloomington needs to move a pair of water mains and replace filters at the water treatment plant. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington aldermen will vote Monday night of ...
Feb 09, 2015
Local lawmakers react to “empowerment zones” proposal
Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants to create "empowerment zones," or areas where Illinois residents can choose whether or not they want to join a union, as opposed to being required to join a u...
Feb 07, 2015
Rauner: Minimum wage should be raised on ‘comprehensive basis’
(WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkPEORIA – It sounds as if Gov. Bruce Rauner does not like the Senate-passed minimum wage bill as-is. The Illinois Senate, with only Democr...
Feb 07, 2015
Lincoln College marks 150 years
Lincoln College's University Hall is shown in 1900 and 2014. (Photo courtesy Lincoln College)By Eric StockLINCOLN – The only two-year residential college in Illinois has been around for 150...
Feb 07, 2015
Illinois lawmaker seeks to legalize small amounts of marijuana
State Sen. Mike Noland wants to see small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized in Illinois. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Metro News ServiceSPRINGFIELD – Legislation has been introduced that...
Feb 06, 2015
Top Schock spokesman resigns
(WJBC file photo)By Westwood One NewsWASHINGTON – The spokesman and senior adviser for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) has resigned after reports about a series of racially charged comments he...
Feb 05, 2015
Illinois Senate passes minimum wage bill
(WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A day after Democrats laughed openly at the governor’s minimum-wage proposal – the one giving workers a raise from t...
Feb 05, 2015
Minimum wage hike passes Senate committee
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford has pushed for an increase in Illinois' minimum wage to $9 per hour. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The people h...
Feb 05, 2015
