Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
President Biden stops at Illinois farm to announce $500M in funding
President Joe Biden spoke during a press conference at a family farm in Kankakee on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: Joe Bide/Facebook) By Blake HaasKANKAKEE – In what has turned into a struggling ye...
May 11, 2022
Gov. Pritzker calling on Congress to protect women’s reproductive rights
Gov. Pritzker spoke during a press conference on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker) By Blake Haas and IISSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pritzker urges Congress to act quickly to protect women’...
May 11, 2022
Bloomington school board member charged with felony DUI, obstructing justice
District 87 School Board member Fitzgerald Samedy. (McLean County Jail)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – District 87 School Board member Fitzgerald Samedy is free on bond following his arrest last weekend...
May 11, 2022
Green Gables owner: Grief is setting in for sure
A fire destroyed Green Gables Bar and Grill Monday afternoon. (Scott Miller/WJBC)By Neil DoyleHUDSON – The owner of Green Gables says she and her family are devastated after a fire tore down the...
May 11, 2022
State leaders hold annual firefighter’s memorial ceremony
Jim Grady, retired Frankfort fire chief, presided over Tuesday's Illinois fire memorial ceremony. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/Springfield) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A warm, hazy morning Tuesday ...
May 10, 2022
Cool and damp weather again hindered Illinois farmers
Corn planted reached 15 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 58 percent. (WJBC file photo)By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 1.7 days suitable for field work during the week ending May 8, 202...
May 10, 2022
BPD probing shots fired on city’s east side
Anyone with information should contact BPD’s Criminal Investigation Division Detective Paul Jones at 309-434-2548 or pjones@cityblm.org. (Facebook/Bloomington Police)By A.J. HarrisBLOOMINGTON &#...
May 10, 2022
Fire destroys several vehicles, including semi, in rural Carlock
Aiding Carlock were firefighters from Danvers, Hudson, Congerville, Dale Township, and Towanda. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCCARLOCK – Fire ripped through a large metal shed in rural Carlock Thurs...
May 06, 2022
Illinois auditor general report blasts Pritzker administration’s response to COVID outbreak in LaSalle
Gov. JB Pritzker. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – In what Republicans surely see as an election-year gift, the Illinois auditor general is blasting the Pritzker administration's respon...
May 06, 2022
State’s annual police memorial ceremony
Eleven more names will be added to the police memorial on the Capitol's southwest lawn, normally the site of the ceremony the first Thursday of every May. Rain moved the proceedings into the Illinois ...
May 06, 2022
