Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Lightfoot calls for Census postponement amid COVID-19 outbreak
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot said Monday in a news conference that federal officials need to consider moving the deadlines back until local organizations can properly ensure a full count. (Photo courtesy: ...
Mar 26, 2020
Illinois unemployment applications see record spike in first week of COVID-19 shutdowns
Illinoisans applied for unemployment benefits last week at a rate ten times higher than the week before. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Unemployment claims in ...
Mar 26, 2020 (Photo courtesy: Getty images/file)
IDPH reports 673 new COVID-19 cases
Gov. JB Pritzker (left) and Dr. Ngozi Ezike gave the daily briefing on coronavirus in Illinois. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – State health officials with the daily update on ...
Mar 26, 2020
Second coronavirus case reported in Livingston County
Health officials announced the first case in Livingston County on Sunday. The patient is a woman in her 60s who had travel history. She’s recovering at home in isolation.(Photo Pixabay) By ...
Mar 26, 2020
Twin-Cities coalition calls for freeing inmates awaiting trial
Organizers plan another virtual meeting April 1. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – A coalition of community activists are forming a coalition in the Twin-Cities to help r...
Mar 26, 2020
U of I employment professor: “There is no playbook” for who is classified as a essential worker
LeRoy says you do have the right to refuse without it costing you your job. In practicality, he adds, you'd better have a lawyer beside you or a union behind you if you are invoking that rule. (Photo ...
Mar 26, 2020
District 87 Superintendent focusing on building relationships with students online
District 87 Superintendent Dr. Barry Reilly spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller about e-learning. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – Although students are not in classrooms...
Mar 26, 2020
ISP: Woman hit and killed by vehicle in Livingston County
ISP did not say if the driver, Kelli Folk, 37, of Forrest was ticketed or injured. (Facebook/Illinois State Police) By Neil Doyle PONTIAC – A woman walking on the road was struck by a car...
Mar 26, 2020
State commission says ‘COVID-19 Recession’ could be $8 billion hit
A new report from the state government's forecasting group says determining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state's tax revenues is "virtually impossible" right now, but it says there could...
Mar 26, 2020
More Illinois cities considering beer delivery, pick-up from restaurants during pandemic
In Bloomington, the mayor had to sign a couple of emergency orders allowing curbside package alcohol sales for off-premise consumption after the governor issued his order prohibiting dine-in service a...
Mar 26, 2020
