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WVEL Entertainment Scope: “Fly Jock” Tom Joyner + Reach Media = 2-Year Agreement
(Photo By Flickr User National Urban League) “Oh, Oh, Oh, The “Fly Jock” Tom Joyner, will be leaving the radio building…….BUT NOT JUST YET!!!”REACH MEDIA has s...
Oct 26, 2017
WVEL Entertainment Scope: Actor Robert Guillaume, Dies At 89
(Photo By Flickr User Alan Light) Two-Time Emmy winner Actor Robert Guillaume has died.According to eurweb.com & tlcnaptown.com, Guillaume’s portrayal of Benson DuBois endured for nine ...
Oct 25, 2017
Daylight Savings Time 2017
(Photo By Flick User kengo) “See we Saints don’t prance we just turn our clocks back and do the extra rest-a-way! Now Fall Back, Fall Back, Fall Back, Fall Back!”Well Brothers &...
Oct 24, 2017
WVEL News Scope: “Hidden Figures’” Katherine Johnson Is Honored With A Research Facility
(Photo By Flickr User NASA HQ PHOTO) “NASA, Houston, World Wide, we have some excellent news!”On September 22, 2017, NASA honored Katherine Johnson by dedicating a new research buildi...
Oct 23, 2017
WVEL News Scope: SafeWise Ranks Morton Among The 50 Safest Places In Illinois
(Photo By Flickr User Doug Pieper) Morton doesn't have a reputation as being a hotbed of crime. A recent ranking from a safety and home-security website appears to confirm that.The Tazewell Count...
Oct 20, 2017
WVEL Entertainment Scope: 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards Top Winners
(Photo By Flickr User Royal Broll) MercyMe was the big winner at the 48th Annual Dove Awards, held earlier this week at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville, TN.The group was named Arti...
Oct 19, 2017
WVEL News Scope: Central Illinois Roadway Named In Honor Of State’s 1st African-American Sheriff
(Photo By Flickr User Adam Moss) A stretch of central Illinois highway has been renamed in honor of the state’s first African-American sheriff.According to the Decatur Herald & Re...
Oct 18, 2017
Motown The Musical Reminder
(Photo By Flickr User Broadway Tour) MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launch...
Oct 16, 2017
WVEL News/Entertainment Scope: Chance The Rapper Is Creating An Award Show For Educators
(Photo By Flickr User Daniel Gregory) Chance the Rapper wants to give educators the recognition they rightfully deserve.The Chicago rapper is organizing the inaugural Twilight Awards, set to be h...
Oct 06, 2017
WVEL Money/News Scope: Illinois College Is Offering Free Tuition To Low-Income Students
(Photo By Flickr User stannate) A coeducational private liberal arts college in Southern Illinois, is offering free tuition to area families earning less than $60,000 a year.The Associated Press ...
Oct 04, 2017
