Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Illinois Supreme Court rejects $10 billion judgment against Phillip Morris
A class-action lawsuit claimed Phillip Morris marketed “light” and “low-tar” cigarettes as less likely to cause cancer. (Photo by uzi978/flickr)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Netw...
Nov 05, 2015
Illinois joins crackdown against aggressive debt collectors
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says her office receives complaints about debt collectors harassing people over debt which they have either already paid or didn’t owe in the first place. ...
Nov 05, 2015
Excessive police force is discussed during ACLU forum
ISU professor Jason Ingram presents his research on the subject of police force during a discussion held by the ACLU Wednesday at the Normal Public Library. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaNORMAL –...
Nov 05, 2015
Trump to stage rally in Springfield
Donald Trump will appear at a rally in Springfield on Monday. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/flickr)By Alex Degman/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Spring...
Nov 04, 2015
Public health admins call for passage of $17.1 million appropriation
(WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Another byproduct of the state budget standoff: cutbacks in public health programs, from immunizations to restaurant inspections...
Nov 03, 2015
David Davis Mansion feeling the impact of no state budget
David Davis Mansion. (WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Employees of the David Davis Mansion are feeling some constraints due to the budget showdown in Springfield.Acting site manager J...
Nov 03, 2015
O’Brien Mitsubishi launching scholarship program
The scholarships will be offered at the public high schools in Bloomington-Normal. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – O’Brien Mitsubishi in Normal, in conjunction with Mitsub...
Nov 03, 2015
Man pleads guilty to charge of selling cocaine
Tanner Tattini has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling cocaine to an undercover police informant. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A man from Lexingto...
Nov 03, 2015
Cornell deaths being investigated as murder/suicide
(Flickr/davidsonscott15)By Adam StudzinskiCORNELL – The deaths of Dawn Thorson, 56, and Wesley Thorson, 62, of rural Cornell are being investigated as a murder/suicide.Livingston County Coroner ...
Nov 03, 2015
Treasurer’s office sued over insurance company records request
Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs. (Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network)SPRINGFIELD – The state treasurer's office, due to a lawsuit, can't audit an insurance company to make sure policy holder...
Nov 02, 2015
