Category Archives: Local News
6-figure workers comp settlement proposed for ex-Bloomington cop
The city council is expected to vote on the proposed settlement at its meeting Monday. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington City Council is being asked to approve a workers c...
Jul 12, 2021
UPDATE: Third Fulton County Jail escapee captured, 1 still on the run after air and ground searches
Police report three of the inmates who escaped are back in custody. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCFULTON COUNTY – The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed authoritie...
Jul 09, 2021
Gas prices on the rise across Illinois
Gas prices are on the rise across the state. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Gas prices are rising across the state as more people hit the roads over the holiday weekend.Ac...
Jul 06, 2021
McLean County Sheriff’s Office investigating fatal accident
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – The McLean County’s Coroner’s Office and the McLean County Sheriff’s Office are inv...
Jul 06, 2021
Prominent McLean County labor leader passes away at age 82
Ronn Morehead passed away on Saturday. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – One of the county’s most prominent labor leaders is being remembered for his many deca...
Jul 06, 2021
Prison time ordered for Bloomington hate crime
Marshall Blanchard, 22, of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – A man is going to prison for riding his motorcycle through a crowd of protesters...
Jul 06, 2021
WATCH: Bloomington Police investigating a home invasion
Bloomington Police say one of the suspects pointed a gun at the victim. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help in solving...
Jul 02, 2021
Minnesota man dead after Bloomington man allegedly punches him in the head
Anthony Gillespie, 39, of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Police Department)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man remains behind bars on a half-a-million bond on felony charges ...
Jul 02, 2021
I-EMA tours Home Sweet Home Ministries to survey flood damage
Matt Burgess, Chief Operating Officer for Home Sweet Home Ministries shows I-EMA representatives the damage that the flooding caused. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – ...
Jul 02, 2021
Fourth of July activities return to the Twin-Cities
The 53rd annual 4th of July Parade in Towanda will start at 10am and keep an eye out for the WJBC car and Marc Strauss. (Facebook/Towanda IL 4th of July Celebration)By Neil Doyle and HOI ABCBLOOMINGTO...
Jul 02, 2021
