Category Archives: Local News
Federal government seeks death penalty in University of Illinois kidnapping case
Federal prosecutors announced they are seeking the death penalty for the Champaign man accused of abducting U of I scholar Yingying Zhang. The young woman from China has been missing since June 9 and ...
Jan 19, 2018
Suspect captured in December Peach Street shooting
Willie Dawson is accused of hiring a handgun at a group of people on Bloomington’s east side on December 23. (Bloomington Police Department photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Authoriti...
Jan 19, 2018
Normal plans budget cuts; blames shrinking sales tax revenue
Normal’s Town Council is looking to cut about two dozen jobs as one step among many to try to plug a projected $4.25 million budget deficit. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockNORMAL – Normal C...
Jan 19, 2018
Central Illinois woman plans to travel to all 59 national parks
Summer Slevin and her dog are living in a converted van for two years and visiting all 59 national parks. Here she visits Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. (Photo courtesy Summer Slevin)By Cr...
Jan 18, 2018
As budget battles loom, two Bloomington aldermen schedule Tuesday night town hall meeting
Bloomington Alderman David Sage speaks with residents at town hall meeting earlier this month. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Two Bloomington aldermen are offer...
Jan 17, 2018
State board hears opposition to relaxed air standards for coal-fired power plants
(Logo Facebook/Illinois Pollution Control Board)By Greg Halbleib and WMBD StaffPEORIA – The Illinois Pollution Control Board heard from several people during a hearing in Peoria on Wednesday opp...
Jan 17, 2018
Central Catholic students, staff travel to D.C. for March for Life
Central Catholic High School students voiced their pro-life support in Chicago earlier this month, and now turn their sights to Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Central Catholic High School)B...
Jan 17, 2018
Bloomington names new head of BCPA
James Mack comes to Bloomington from Mesquite, Texas. (Photo courtesy City of Bloomington)By Greg HalbleibBLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington has reached into Texas to hire its new performing ...
Jan 17, 2018
County Board approves original Waste Management Plan, reversing committee amendment
Voting against an amendment proposed by the Land Use Committee, the McLean County Board voted in support of the original draft of a waste management plan, which includes the concept of a recycling ord...
Jan 16, 2018
El Paso woman, 29, dies in Interstate 39 crash
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner’s office are investigating a crash in which a 29-year-old El Paso woman died.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation)By...
Jan 16, 2018
