Category Archives: Local News
Students in central Illinois experience space through a simulate course
Thanks to a grant from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin company, students in central Illinois can experience space through simulated space missions. (Photo courtesy: Heartland Community C...
Feb 16, 2022
McLean County PATH Crisis selected as new 988 crisis/suicide phone line; adding 115 new positions
Chris Workman, Executive Director at PATH Crisis spoke with WJBC’s Todd Wineburner. (Photo courtesy: PATH Crisis/Facebook) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s PATH Crisis is a...
Feb 16, 2022
Unit 5 updates COVID-19 mitigations
Unit 5 is recommending masks be worn as an important COVID mitigation but effective immediately individuals will not be excluded if they do not wear a mask. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By WJBC StaffNORMAL...
Feb 16, 2022
NWS: Heavy snow and freezing rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday
The winter storm warning includes McLean, Livingston, Woodford, Tazewell and Ford counties. (Twitter/NWS Lincoln IL)By Neil DoyleLINCOLN – The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm ...
Feb 16, 2022
Parents file lawsuit against three Central Illinois school districts over mask mandate
The lawsuit, filed by the Law Office of William J. Gerber, seeks to remove masks, testing isolation policies, under the legal argument that the state health department does not have the authority to e...
Feb 16, 2022
Clinton Save A Lot owner: Inflation hurting shoppers, highest in 50-years
Dave Jackson, owner of Save A Lot in Clinton, says there are legitimate reasons for the rise in prices, but also believes some companies are taking advantage of the situation. (Photo courtesy: Clinton...
Feb 15, 2022
Second alleged former State Farm employee files lawsuit, claims hostile work environment
Mandhyan says she had been an employee for 19 years before she was terminated. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A woman who says she was a State Farm employee h...
Feb 15, 2022
Senator Durbin: Russia appears to be pulling some troops back, calls Putin a ‘thug’
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – According to Illinois’ Senior Senator, Russia appears to be pull...
Feb 15, 2022
Bloomington woman facing felony child endangerment charges; 7-month old missing
Bond information was not available. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail/HOI-ABC) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A 7-month old infant remains missing, as a Bloomington woman is facing two counts of f...
Feb 15, 2022
Coroner identifies Danvers man in rural Mackinaw crash
The incident remains under investigation by Illinois State Police, the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office and the Tazewell County Coroner's Office. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleMACKINAW – A 69-y...
Feb 14, 2022
