Category Archives: Local News
ISU president to get contract extension with new performance incentives
Illinois State University President Larry Dietz is expected to receive a pay raise in a three-year contract extension that for the first time will include performance bonuses. (WJBC file photo)By Eric...
Aug 03, 2017
Back to school puts focus on safe school buses, drivers
School transportation officials are making sure their buses–and drivers–are ready for the new term. (Photo courtesy Pixabay)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The beginning...
Aug 02, 2017
Health insurance rate hikes under Obamacare in Illinois could top 40 percent
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday about expected rate increases under the Affordable Care Act exchanges. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Eric StockWASHINGTON – Illi...
Aug 02, 2017
Schock’s attorneys claim investigators asked ‘irrelevant’ questions about his sexual orientation
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock resigned in 2015 amid a federal investigation. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockSPRINGFIELD – Ex-Congressman Aaron Shock is filing to have the charges against him dismissed, ...
Aug 02, 2017
McLean County property taxes due Sept. 1
McLean County real estate taxes are due Sept. 1. (WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – McLean County Collector Rebecca McNeil is reminding property owners that second installment taxes are...
Aug 02, 2017
Davis kicks off tax reform tour in Bloomington
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis talks with Fox & Hounds Day Spa owner Viki Tilton during a visit to her Bloomington store on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Rodney Davis)By Lindsey Harrison/WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON ...
Aug 02, 2017
Judge allows DNA testing from gun in local homicide case
Normal murder suspect Daniel Lyons. (Photo from the McLean County Jail.) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A judge is allowing a crime lab to analyze DNA from a handgun in a McLean Cou...
Aug 01, 2017
Investigators to probe how child survived boating accident that killed Twin-Cities woman
Liz Larson with WJBC’s Howard Packowitz at Rivian Automotive in Normal on June 6. Larson drowned in a boating accident Saturday at the Wilmington Dam on the Kankakee Rive...
Aug 01, 2017
Sen. Brady hopeful for school funding solution
Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady tells WJBC’s Sam Wood the school funding bill was sent to the Governor’s desk. (WJBC file photo) By Howard PackowitzSPRINGFIELD – A scho...
Jul 31, 2017
LaHood: Time might be now for working together on Affordable Care Act reforms
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said he hopes Republicans and Democrats and work together on making changes to the Affordable Care Act. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood)By RFD Radio/WFMBWASHINGTON –...
Jul 31, 2017
