Category Archives: Local News

By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Maintenance will begin on the Lincoln Parking Garage in downtown as of Monday and is anticipated to last approximately three months.Some work areas, including parking ...

United Way of McLean County fundraising co-chairmen Sonja Reece and Scott Preston discuss this year’s fundraising campaign at Hancock Stadium Thursday. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaNORMAL ̵...

(WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its contract with United Auto Workers Local 2488 has been extended a month.The current contract expires at midnight Th...

(Logo courtesy Illinois Department of Employment Security)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal continues to have the lowest unemployment rate of any metro area in the state.The Illinois...

The new Hyatt Place Hotel will have a grand opening in September but is open for business now (Photo Courtesy bloomingtonnormal.place.hyatt.com)By Nick McClintockThose traveling to Normal or just want...

(Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A man accused of stabbing two people and beating another person in downtown Bloomington earlier this month spit at a judge during hi...

Bloomington mayor Tari Renner says he won’t pick apart recommendations from the city’s budget task force if there’s consensus. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Tari Renner) By Eric Stock BLO...

By WJBC Staff LeROY – A boil order has been issued for a portion of LeRoy. Walnut Street between North and Center streets are under a boil order until further notice because of a water main brea...

By WJBC Staff A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses. Wed. Aug. 26, 2015 City of Bloomington Call Ti...

By Eric Stock PEORIA – The Catholic Church has removed a Peoria priest who has previously served in Chenoa and Lexington. In a news release from the Diocese of Peoria, Father Terry Cassidy can n...