Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Lawmakers pick up the fight against opioids in Illinois
Lawmakers express concern that the opioid-reversing drug Naloxone has become a "crutch" (Photo courtesy Pixabay) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD– Lawmakers are taking another crack at fighting opio...
Oct 22, 2019
Tentative deal reached to prevent Blue Ridge teachers strike
The Blue Ridge School District and the teachers union have reached a tentative deal to settle their contract dispute. (Photo Pixabay) By Howard PackowitzFARMER CITY – A strike apparently ha...
Oct 22, 2019
Services set for local civil rights leader Kennedy
Merlin Kennedy, 92. (Photo courtesy McLean County Museum of History) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Funeral services for local civil rights leader Merlin Kennedy have been set for Nov. 7.Visita...
Oct 21, 2019
Illinois unemployment rate drops to lowest level on record
The unemployment rate in Illinois has dropped to a historic low, but remains slightly higher than the national unemployment rate.(Photo courtesy Facebook/IDES) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD &#...
Oct 21, 2019
Pritzker, IDOT promote multi-billion-dollar road and bridge plan
Gov. JB Pritzker spoke Monday at IDOT’s headquarters in Springfield. (Photo Governor JB Pritzker/Twitter) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker couldn't escape the irony ̵...
Oct 21, 2019
Several area teachers honored by governor, ISBE
Governor JB Pritzker and the ISBE honored 257 other teachers, educational leaders and support personnel with awards at the banquet.(File photo courtesy Historic Bremen/flickr) By HOI-ABC BLOOMINGTON &...
Oct 21, 2019
9-year-old charged with murder in Goodfield fire arraigned Monday
The juvenile will return to court Nov. 22 for a pre-trial hearing. (Photo courtesy HOI-ABC) By HOI-ABC EUREKA – The 9-year-old boy being charged in the deaths of five in an April fire app...
Oct 21, 2019
New Illinois law requires residents to upgrade smoke alarms
Margaret Vaughn with the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance says all dwellings in Illinois have been required to have smoke detectors since 1988, but residents are now being told to use detectors that come...
Oct 21, 2019
Business group expects another five-year infrastructure plan for Illinois down the road
Illinoisans paid more than $414 million in gas taxes in two months, $200 million more than the year before, thanks to a doubled gas tax pegged to go up with inflation each year. (Photo courtesy Flickr...
Oct 21, 2019
ISU homecoming tree lighting ceremony cancelled
ISU announced Monday the event has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. (Photo Illinois State University Homecoming/Twitter) By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Illinois State University̵...
Oct 21, 2019
