Category Archives: Local News
Durbin to host town hall at Illinois Wesleyan
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will host a town hall meeting at IWU on Friday. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Eric StockWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., plans to host a town hall meet...
Mar 23, 2017
Otter at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Miller Park Zoo will be auctioning off naming rights to two otter pups who were born at the zoo on Feb. 25. (Photo courtesy Miller Park Zoo)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Miller Park Zoo's pair of N...
Mar 23, 2017
Peace Meal senior meals program getting support as federal funding questions loom
Peace Meal provides meals to citizens over the age of 60 in 14 counties in Illinois. (Photo courtesy Flickr/Larry Miller)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – There’s worry cuts in the Trump adm...
Mar 22, 2017
State basketball museum planned for Pontiac
Pontiac Mayor Bob Russell and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association representatives announced plans to open a state basketball museum at the former Pontiac K-Mart by the end of next year. (WJBC phot...
Mar 22, 2017
Local NAACP president ‘disappointed’ in Lower’s Facebook comments
Quincy Cummings is President of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The President of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP was disappointed by the comments...
Mar 21, 2017
ISU politics professor: Tough to say why elected officials make controversial comments online
Mayoral candidate Kevin Lower had a comment on Facebook in 2014 which has drawn from a group of residents. (Photo by Laura Ewan/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – A professor who studies polit...
Mar 21, 2017
One Voice trip sends local leaders to Washington
The 2016 ‘One Voice’ delegation is pictured above in Washington D.C. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council) By Greg HalbleibWASHINGTON, D.C. –...
Mar 21, 2017
Olympic medalist to speak at Women’s Health Night
Jackle Joyner-Kersee captured six Olympic medals after being diagnosed with severe asthma. (Photo Facebook/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation) By Greg HalbleibBLOOMINGTON – An Olympic medalist...
Mar 21, 2017
McLean County corrections officers get 3 percent raises
The McLean County has approved 3 percent raises for corrections officers at the McLean County Jail. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – McLean County now has all of its workers under con...
Mar 21, 2017
Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Clinton
Clinton police say a pedestrian died after being struck by a car while walking on Illinois 54 near E. Washington St. early Monday morning. (Photo/Google Maps) By Greg HalbleibCLINTON – A pe...
Mar 20, 2017
