The repairs are underway on the Executive Mansion’s roof. The official residence of the governor, a few blocks east of the Capitol in Springfield, is getting an $8-12 million rehab, the first significant non-emergency work since the early 1970s.… MORE
Heartland offering Community Education classes
Heartland Community College, with locations in Normal and Pontiac, is having several Community Education opportunities in the coming months. Associate Director of Public Information Becky Gropp described a handful of the classes that will be offered.… MORE
Any questions?
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Do you have any questions you’d love to have answered by one of our local legislators? Your chance is coming sometime next week. Representative Tom Bennett will be a guest on Community Forum and he will be answering questions from our listeners. Please e-mail your questions to [email protected]. We’d like to…… MORE
Sign up for screenings TOMORROW
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News Tomorrow is the first day parents can sign their children up for Fall Preschool Screenings if they will be attending District #429. Cheryl Corrigan was a guest recently on Community forum and detailed what happens during these screenings. “Any child who is birth to the age of two years, nine months,…… MORE
Meet Coach Ryan!
By Mark Myre/WJEZ Sports Everyone has a bucket list. I can scratch off one of mine, because I had a chance to watch Metamora football practice yesterday. Coach Ryan’s practice is amazing. This year once again he is loaded. They have 74 kids on the varsity team. The speed, and the size, and the ability…… MORE
Game Faces: ‘No Man’s Sky’
Players make their way to the center of a massive galaxy in ‘No Man’s Sky.’ Hear from the team behind the game.… MORE
Jet fires 3,300 rounds a minute
The U.S. military is ground-testing the F-35 fighter jet’s Gatling gun, another step before the $1 trillion fighter jet project can be fully operational.… MORE
Can this robot read your emotions?
CNN’s Will Ripley introduces us to Pepper, touted as the world’s first robot able to read emotions.… MORE
Josh Groban croons Donald Trump’s tweets
Trump tweets set to music! CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports on the melodic musings of The Donald.… MORE
Here’s why wax Nicki Minaj needs extra security
Fans get too frisky with sexy Nicki Minaj wax figure. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports the wax museum had to beef up security.… MORE
