Category Archives: Local News
Shooting at Bloomington apartment complex
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available. (WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – (UPDATE)The Bloomington Police Department has confirmed that an o...
Mar 31, 2023
7th Annual St. Jude Game Feed takes place in Hudson on Saturday
Last year, the event raised over $50,000, all of which goes to the St. Jude Research Hospital. (St. Jude Feed & Auction)By Jake FogalBLOOMINGTON – The seventh annual St. Jude Game Feed comes...
Mar 30, 2023
Illinois State and Bradley University go head to head in I-74 Blood Donor Challenge
All participating donors will receive a free t-shirt and the blood drive is open from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. on both Wednesday and Thursday. (WJBC File Photo)By Jake FogalNORMAL – Bragging right...
Mar 29, 2023
Bloomington police investigate false school threat
Contact was eventually made with the individual who made the threat, and it was determined that there was no credible threat to any area school. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – Police a...
Mar 24, 2023
Former business owner and WJBC Spirit of McLean County award recipient has died
Elmo Quinn, of Bloomington, was the 2019 recipient of the WJBC Don Munson Spirit of McLean County Award. (WJBC file photo)By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Elmo Quinn, a longtime local business owner a...
Mar 23, 2023
House passes bill for Illinois’ official state nut
The bill is sponsored by State Rep. Sharon Chung (D-Bloomington). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Given the abundance of possibilities, you would think it would be difficult to select...
Mar 23, 2023
Bloomington police report total number of St. Patrick’s Day DUI arrests
Officers arrested seven impaired drivers. One of the arrests was made after a crash caused property damages. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department reported t...
Mar 22, 2023
Rossi appears in Tazewell County Court Tuesday, not called to stand
Former CEO of Reditus Labs Aaron Rossi. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories)By WMBD-TVPEORIA – Aaron Rossi, the former CEO of Reditus Labs, appeared in Tazewell County Court in relation to the case w...
Mar 22, 2023
UPDATE: Two Prairie Central high school students identified in deadly ski-related accident
The accident happened at Copper Mountain Ski Resort late Sunday evening and remains under investigation. (Photo Courtesy of Prairie Central High School)By Jake Fogal and Blake Haas FAIRBURY – Ac...
Mar 20, 2023
McLean County leads country in corn production per latest estimates from USDA
McLean County lead the country in corn production with roughly 71 million bushels of grain produced. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Jake FogalMCLEAN COUNTY – Estimates of corn and soybean product...
Mar 20, 2023
