Category Archives: Headlines
Marketing Specialist with Savant Wealth Management calls COVID relief a bailout
John Ruidi, a Marketing Specialist with Savant Wealth Management. (Photo courtesy: Savant Wealth Management)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – After Congress passed a $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescu...
Mar 11, 2021
Rivian prepares for possible plant expansion in Normal
Rivian set up shop at the shuttered Mitsubishi Motors factory with the help of tax breaks and other financial incentives. (Photo courtesy: Rivian) By Heart of Illinois ABC NORMAL – Rivian Automo...
Mar 11, 2021
Financial Advisor: Economy could improve rapidly as more vaccines become available
Kevin Kingston with Savant Wealth Management spoke with WJBC’s Marc Strauss. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – As the number of COVID-19 cases slowly declines, one fina...
Mar 04, 2021
Tuition, fee hikes approved at Heartland Community College
Heartland Community College District 540 serves a corridor along interstate 55 that includes Pontiac, Bloomington-Normal, and Lincoln. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC ...
Feb 17, 2021
Pharmacies stand at the ready to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 30-days
OSF Pharmacist Ryan Wolf prepares COVID-19 vaccines. (Photo courtesy McLean County Health Department)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues worldwide, Pharmac...
Feb 05, 2021
Illinois Senator backs President Biden’s proposed stimulus package
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – After passing a $900 million COVID-19 stimulus package in December, Illinois Senior Senator Dick Durbin is call...
Jan 22, 2021
Can you get COVID-19 after receiving the vaccine?
OSF General Surgeon Dr. John Wieland. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – As the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues worldwide to prevent the virus from spreading, a Blooming...
Jan 11, 2021
Rep. Kinzinger first Republican to call on Trump to be removed from office
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) (Photo courtesy: Adam Kinzinger/Twitter) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – Just a day after violence erupted in the nation’s capital, a Republican Congressman from I...
Jan 07, 2021
IHSA Exec. Director: “We now have to consider modified season lengths” as board meeting approaches
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. (Photo courtesy: IHSA)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Illinois High School Association Executive Director Craig Anderson said a timetable for the return of hig...
Jan 05, 2021
MCHD reports 129 new cases of COVID-19
Jennifer Woodward, Pharmacy Director at Carle BroMenn Medical Center receives a COVID-19 vaccine shipment from a Regional Hospital Coordinator official. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Health Departmen...
Jan 05, 2021
