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Amboy Community Unit School District/Students at Central Elementary in the Amboy school district in northern Illinois gather for lunch. The district is able to offer all of its students free meals through the federal Community Eligibility Provision, but school officials say they often lose money on the program.Because of new work requirements from last year’s One Bill Beautiful Bill Act, over 300,000 Illinois residents are expected to lose SNAP food benefits. Peter Medlin reports on how that could affect access to school meals… -
Peter MedlinImmigration enforcement is ramping back up in northern Illinois.The Illinois Head Start Association recently released a report sharing anonymous stories of how ICE activity has impacted the kids at their childcare centers.WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin sat down with the executive director of Illinois Head Start, Lauri Morrison-Frichtl to talk about it…
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Park Hills Circle stops by Studio A ahead of the release of their debut album All of a Sudden. -
Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) are waiving tax penalties and interest for several counties affected by severe weather between March 10 and June 21 of this year. -
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Alex Gary of the Beloit Daily News discusses recent headlines around southern Wisconsin. -
Five years ago, a Pecatonica theater's roof collapsed due to snow and ice. This month the groundbreaking for its new location will take place. -
A new report highlights the early childhood needs in Boone & Winnebago counties. Peter Medlin reports. -
The Liberty Bell of the West – older than the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia – rang for George Rogers Clark and his army when they liberated Kaskaskia from British control on July 4, 1778. -
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poet is Michael Kirk. -
West Nile virus was recently detected in mosquitoes in DeKalb County. Mosquito-borne illnesses kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. Some historians believe they've killed about half of all humans who have ever lived.One Northern Illinois University professor received a $40,000 grant to study a major unknown: what bacteria mosquitoes carry. -
Every year, we bring you our classroom correspondents. They’re a group of students in a club or activity whom we interview every month through their season or semester!Over the years, we've featured an upstart esports team, a speech club, a school play and, this past fall, a student newspaper. This spring, our correspondents were students in the Whiteside Area Career Center's CEO Program, where they built their own small businesses from scratch!
