Category Archives: Local News
Gun shots reportedly fired near Rainbow Avenue in Bloomington
BPD officers arrived on the site and discovered physical evidence of a shooting. (Photo Courtesy of Flickr)By Jake FogalOn Sunday, Bloomington Police officers were summoned to the 2200 block of Rainbo...
Jun 09, 2022
American Red Cross Announces Jon Dorenbos as Speaker at the 27th Annual Evening of Stars
June 9, 2022 - The American Red Cross is excited to announce Jon Dorenbos, two-time NFL Pro Bowl player, Walter Payton Man of the Year Award recipient and finalist on America's Got Talent, will be the...
Jun 09, 2022
Dashcam video shows attack on ISP trooper during McLean County traffic stop
Trooper Matthew Niehaus was released from the hospital shortly after the incident. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By HOI ABCCHENOA – New dashcam video shows an Illinois State Police trooper trying to h...
Jun 09, 2022
Teenager sentenced to juvenile prison for bringing loaded gun to Bloomington High School
Johnson claimed he had the gun for his own safety. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A 16-year old Bloomington boy was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in a st...
Jun 08, 2022
Bloomington Gold Corvette show returning to the twin cities this weekend
Bloomington Gold announced last year their intentions to return to Normal for the first time since the 70’s. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – The world’s larges...
Jun 08, 2022
Child ID’d in a crash last Friday in Shirley
Police report the investigation is ongoing. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By AJ HarrisBLOOMINGTON – The crash that caused the death of an Earlville woman has claimed another life, this time of a c...
Jun 07, 2022
MCHD: Data suggest McLean County is at a high COVID-19 community level
McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight spoke with WJBC’s Neil Doyle. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – An uptick in cases of COVID-19 is puttin...
Jun 07, 2022
Posen man facing charges in McLean County for alleged involvement in pawn shop robbery
Terrance Jones, 38, of Posen, Illinois. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Police)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A 34-year-old Posen, Illinois, man is behind bars in McLean County for his alleged involvem...
Jun 07, 2022
Two major cash crops in Illinois much closer to normal progress now
Corn planted reached 95 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 89 percent. Soybeans planted reached 88 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 78 percent. (Facebook/Illinois Farm Bureau)By USDA...
Jun 07, 2022
Former McLean County high school teacher gets county jail time for grooming student
Brandon Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy. (Facebook/LeRoy IL Police Department)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – A former LeRoy High School teacher, who pleaded guilty to grooming a student, will spend some time in...
Jun 07, 2022
