Category Archives: Local News
West Market Street in Bloomington to close
(Photo courtesy Pixabay)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water main repair on West Market Street Ave between North Oak Street and North All...
Mar 27, 2018
Bloomington council rejects library relocation
Bloomington aldermen voted 6-2 for the library to expand at its current Olive St. location. (File photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington City Council favors expanding the public ...
Mar 27, 2018 Bloomington Pub
Alderman Bray: Mayor ‘abusive’ in promoting welcoming city ordinance
The Keep Families Together campaign members gathered outside Bloomington City Hall prior to a tense exchange between Bloomington Alderman Kimberly Bray and Mayor Tari Renner. (Photo by Patrick Baron/W...
Mar 27, 2018
Keeping Families Together fasts for Welcoming City Ordinance
Keeping Families Together stands in solidarity with undocumented families in Bloomington Normal. (Photo by Crystal Donaldson) By Crystal DonaldsonBLOOMINGTON – The Keeping Families Together...
Mar 26, 2018
Sen. Brady seeks bipartisan solutions to gun violence, urges GOP unity against Pritzker
State Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington is seeking bipartisan measures on gun violence, and he’s calling on the GOP to unite behind Gov. Rauner. (WJBC file photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTO...
Mar 26, 2018
Bloomington, Normal issue parking bans
(Photo courtesy Pixabay)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington and Normal have issued snow route parking bans amid a winter storm warning.The Town of Normal is implementing a parking ban startin...
Mar 24, 2018
Advocate BroMenn demonstrates surgical robot
The new da Vinci Xi demonstration at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center. (Photo courtesy Advocate BroMenn)By Crystal DonaldsonNORMAL – Imagine a robot performing your surgery. Surgeons at Advocate ...
Mar 24, 2018
McLean Co. added to Winter Storm Warning; 3-6 inches possible in Bloomington-Normal
WMBD-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Yates expects a sharp cutoff in snow totals south of I-74.(WJBC file photo)By Greg HalbleibLINCOLN – Winter isn’t ready to let go of Central Illinois.The ...
Mar 23, 2018
Defeated in primary, Segobiano hints his political career is not done
Veteran McLean County Board member Paul Segobiano during Friday’s appearance on WJBC’s Afternoon Report. (Photo by Crystal Donaldson/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Veter...
Mar 23, 2018
Bolingbrook man charged with sexual assault
Police and prosecutors say Michael Vegeler met the woman through an online dating service. (Photo McLean County Jail)By Greg HalbleibBLOOMINGTON – A man from suburban Chicago faces charges he se...
Mar 23, 2018
