By Sean Copeland CHICAGO– Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a suit against Country Lane Mobile Park in Heyworth, Illinois over bacterial contamination of the public water supply. A preliminary injunction was also entered, which requires the park owner to provide their residents with safe drinking water and bottled water until the public supply…… MORE
Ill requirements waived due to Hurricane Harvey
By Sean Copeland SPRINGFIELD– Due to Hurricane Harvey, the Illinois Department of Revenue is making some adjustments. IDOR is temporarily suspending the International Fuel Tax Agreement registration as well as the Motor Fuel Use Tax for qualified illinois vehicles engaged in disaster relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana. IDOR specifically cites operators of qualified…… MORE
Judge rules former priest as ‘sexually violent’
By Sean Copeland CHICAGO– A Cook County Judge has ruled a former catholic priest a ‘Sexually Violent Person.’ The decision from Circuit Court Judge Dennis Porter comes before the former priest, 48-year-old Daniel McCormack is to attend a dispositional hearing on November 27th. McCormack, formerly of St. Agatha’s church in Chicago will remain…… MORE
Obituaries: Ely, Guse
Obituary for Carol Ely, Mary Guse.… MORE
Bloomington man faces $250K bond following drug arrest
A Bloomington man who authorities say has a history of committing crimes after persuading judges to reduce his bail will now have to come up with $250,000 bond to be released after allegedly selling cocaine.… MORE
WJBC Voices: Back to School
It’s back to school time.… MORE
Comptroller to Illinois schools: Checks in the mail
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is telling Illinois school districts, the check is in the mail.… MORE
Bloomington man gets 15 years for attempted murder
A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stabbed two people earlier this year.… MORE
Vitale touts ‘awesome’ basketball museum project in Pontiac
Basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale brought his gift for gab to Pontiac on Thursday to help raise money for the proposed Basketball Museum of Illinois in Pontiac.… MORE
New conference unbeatens meet to highlight Week 3 high school football
A pair of programs that met two years ago in the playoffs will meet for the first time in conference play in Friday’s featured game.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…