Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Heartland offering medical marijuana in the workplace class
Heartland Community College is offering a class to help employers work medical marijuana into their company’s drug policy. (Photo courtesy Flickr/BrettLevin)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Employers...
Nov 27, 2015
Local stores push Small Business Saturday
The National Federation of Independent Business is promotingSmall Business Saturday (Photo courtesy Facebook/Small Business Saturday)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Whatever mon...
Nov 27, 2015
Illinois could suspend disabled parking sting due to state budget impasse
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is scaling back and possibly eliminating the annual crackdown on people illegally parking in handicapped spaces at shopping centers and malls around Illi...
Nov 27, 2015
Attorney general releases Safe Shopping Guide
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has released her annual Safe Shopping Guide. (WJBC File Photo)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Safe shopping this holiday season may involve...
Nov 26, 2015
Home Sweet Home hosting annual Thanksgiving meal
Home Sweet Home hosts a Thanksgiving Day meal every year. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Home Sweet Home Ministries isn’t done distributing Thanksgiving mea...
Nov 26, 2015
LaHood meets with students at Normal West
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood was impressed by the knowledge of the students. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria) spoke with students Wednesday morning at...
Nov 25, 2015
Rep. Brady: Safety should be top concern in seeking tougher screening of Syrian refugees
State Rep. Dan Brady says the recent terrorist attacks in Paris compel Gov. Bruce Rauner to do everything he can to make sure refugees coming into Illinois don’t mean harm, even if that means te...
Nov 25, 2015
Officials call for calm after video of Chicago police shooting is released
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (left) and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy held a news conference after the release of a video showing the shooting of a 17-year-old. (Photo courtesy YouTube/Ch...
Nov 25, 2015
Rauner: Obama administration not providing info on Syrian refugees
Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s standing by his stance to temporarily stop the acceptance of Syrian refugees into Illinois. (Photo courtesy RebootIllinois/YouTube)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Netw...
Nov 25, 2015
Bloomington-Normal shows support for Mitsubishi workers
In all, about 150 people were at the plant on Thursday. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – The Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal will close at the end of the month and the communit...
Nov 24, 2015
