Category Archives: Local News
Safe places provide help for troubled youth
Safe places have been set up at police stations, fire stations, and all Connect Transit buses. (Courtesy Project Oz)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – Homeless and hurting youth in Bloomington-Normal h...
Nov 20, 2016
Bloomington-Normal meets solar challenge
Paul and Kathy Packard of Normal are two participants in the Solar Bloomington-Normal challenge. (Photo courtesy Ecology Action Center)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal is up to the ...
Nov 20, 2016
Unit 5 examining possible redistricting
Unit 5 has overcrowding issues at two of its schools. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Unit 5 is considering the possibility of doing some redistricting.The Board of Education decided...
Nov 20, 2016
Home Sweet Home reaches turkey goal
Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington will be distributing turkeys on Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Nov. 21 from 2 to 6 p.m. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)By Terry JamesA warm Thanksgiving meal w...
Nov 18, 2016
Bloomington man charged with parent’s deaths found fit for trial
Brian Petersen. (Pool photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – A man accused of stabbing and killing his parents earlier this year has been found fit to stand trial, for now.Brian Petersen, of Bloo...
Nov 18, 2016
B-N Police Blotter: Thu. Nov. 17, 2016
By WJBC StaffA look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses.Thu. Nov. 17, 2016City of Bloomington has yet to...
Nov 18, 2016
Hometown Military News: Nov. 18, 2016
Col. (ret.) Paul Fanning, of Chesnut, Illinois, stands outside of the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Fanning was recently selected as the new director for the museum after re...
Nov 18, 2016
Bayne calls Diana Hauman ‘racist’
Ian Bayne says Diana Hauman walked out of a meeting while a black man was speaking.By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – The latest candidate for Bloomington Mayor is calling his opponent Diana Hauman a r...
Nov 17, 2016
Mitchell: Bill good first step toward keeping Clinton plant open
State Rep. Bill Mitchell (R., Forsyth) says negotiations will need to continue on an energy bill that could help keep the Clinton power plant open. (Photo courtesy YouTube)By Greg HalbleibSPRINGFIELD ...
Nov 17, 2016
AFSCME shows distaste for impasse ruling
Thursday’s rally was held near downtown Bloomington. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The state’s largest employee’s union disagrees with the ruling by the...
Nov 17, 2016
