Category Archives: Local News
IWU reports COVID-19 outbreak among group of students
All students who tested positive are either returning home, staying in off-campus housing to isolate, or are isolating off campus in university-provided quarantine space, according to IWU. (Facebook/I...
Aug 19, 2020
51 new COVID cases in McLean County; Case total surpasses 800
Local health officials said 33 additional people have recovered from the virus. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Depart...
Aug 19, 2020
Coroner identifies man found in north Normal
Normal Police found the body on Monday around 12:30 p.m. near Greenbriar Drive and Hershey Road. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By Neil DoyleNORMAL – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified a ...
Aug 18, 2020
MCHD reports 16th coronavirus death
McLean County’s rolling seven day positivity rate went up to 2.1%. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Local health officials on Monday announced a 16th McLean County residen...
Aug 17, 2020
Demand for blood is high as blood drive hits the Twin-Cities
The 17th Annual Summer Blood Drive is Monday, August 17 at the Bloomington Holiday Inn and Suites ballroom on East Empire in Bloomington from 12 to 5:30 p.m. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBL...
Aug 17, 2020
McLean County Health Department aims to boost contact tracing at ISU
The project director and field contact tracer would work until grant money runs out or through May 31, 2021, which ever comes first. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL ...
Aug 17, 2020
One person killed in Saturday morning Motorcycle accident in Bloomington
Yoder identified the victim as Austin D. Roof, of Blomington. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – McLean County Coroner Dr. Kathy Yoder says a single vehicle crash c...
Aug 17, 2020
You still can’t vote often, but Illinois election authorities want you to do it early
Matt Dietrich, spokesman, Illinois State Board of Elections, says vote-by-mail is so 2020.(Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD– Vote-by-mail is so 2020 !!“We are in a u...
Aug 17, 2020
Four employees at McLean County Nursuing Home test positive for COVID-19
The McLean County Nursing Home located at 901 N. Main St. Normal. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleNORMAL – McLean County Administrator Camille Rodriguez on Friday confirmed that four employe...
Aug 14, 2020
McLean County adds 32 new cases of COVID-19
McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight (middle) and Kari Jones (right) the health department’s health promotion program manager. (Neil Doyle/WJBC) By Neil DoyleBLOOM...
Aug 14, 2020
