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Kankakee School DistrictA teacher is considered “out of field” when they’re teaching a grade level or subject that they’re not licensed by the state to teach. In Illinois, 4 percent of all teachers are “out of field.” But as WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports, in one district, it ballooned all the way to 37 percent. -
Nick James, WNIJDeKalb’s city council just had a public hearing on what to do with a 100-year-old building. It’s been vacant for decades and now the development plan has stalled.
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Lazlo Weed joins us to play original music live in Studio A. -
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This poem was written by Billy Clem. -
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that jobs for barbers, hairstylists and cosmetologists will increase by seven percent in the next several years. A local barber academy partners with high schools and will soon offer scholarships to make this type of training more accessible. -
Two adults and three children were injured when the Family YMCA of Northwest Illinois bus crashed -
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Mark Henderson was chief meteorologist for WIFR TV in Rockford for 22 years. Henderson now enjoys his new venture, Mark Henderson's Weather Hub. -
The event features dinosaurs, plants and small mammals from the Cretaceous period, that lasted from 145 to 66 million years ago. -
Two immigrant families in Rockford are trying to settle into life in a new country while immigration raid fears grow. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports… -
The National Weather Service also issued an extreme heat watch throughout much of northern Illinois. The NWS advises folks to stay in air-conditioned rooms, drink plenty of fluids, and check in on relatives and neighbors. -
The City of Aurora’s Animal Care and Control Division has a special incentive for residents looking to adopt cats or dogs.
