Category Archives: Local News
IWU wins “BloNo Campus Voter Registration Challenge”
Launched on National Voter Registration Day, the "BloNo Campus Voter Registration Challenge" ran from Sept. 22 through Oct. 18, the last day to register to vote online in Illinois. (Twitter/Illinois W...
Oct 22, 2020
IDPH reports 4,942 new COVID cases, highest single-day total
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle SPRINGFIELD – COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Illinois as public health officials Thursday...
Oct 22, 2020
MCHD reports 34 new COVID cases; Positivity rate back above 4%
There are 14 McLean County residents currently hospitalized and 285 are in home isolation. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s rolling positi...
Oct 22, 2020
Bloomington entrepreneur announces bid for mayor
Straza currently serves on Bloomington’s Zoning Board of Appeals, which is an appointed position. (Facebook/Straza For Mayor) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A day after Bloomington May...
Oct 22, 2020
High bond for Bloomington man in child pornography case
Drake Riveria, 22, of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man remained jailed Wednesday night on $1 million bond for child p...
Oct 22, 2020
Congressman LaHood says the second stimulus unlikely
Congressman Darin LaHood (left) spoke with Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason before a check presentation on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – There will n...
Oct 21, 2020
Bloomington receives multi-million grant from HUD
Mid Central Community Action Executive Director Deborah White (second from left), Congressman Darin LaHood (third from left), Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner (third from right), and Joseph Galvan, HUD R...
Oct 21, 2020
Mayor of Bloomington will not seek re-election
Tari Renner has been mayor of Bloomington since 2013. (Facebook/Tari Renner) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner announced he won’t be running for a third term...
Oct 21, 2020
62 new COVID cases in McLean County
There have been 31 COVID-related deaths in McLean County. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Department Wednesday anno...
Oct 21, 2020
Administrators update trustees on “malicious” cyberattack at Heartland Community College
Heartland Community College. (Photo courtesy: Heartland Community College) By Heart of Illinois ABC NORMAL – An active criminal investigation is continuing at Heartland Community College to dete...
Oct 21, 2020
