Category Archives: Local News
MCHD Administrator: “Things are looking good” as Illinois drops mask mandate
McLean County Health Department Administrator Jessica McKnight spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. (Photo courtesy: Neil Doyle/WJBC) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Despite the mask mandate ending ...
Feb 28, 2022
Multiple agencies respond to Farmer City fire; no injuries reported
LeRoy Fire, Farmer City Police, DeWitt County EMS, DeWitt County EMA, and DeWitt County Centcom helped assist the Farmer City Fire Department. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasFARMER CITY R...
Feb 28, 2022
NPD asking for help in identifying a suspect in a battery investigation
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Normal Police. (Photo courtesy: Normal Police/Facebook) By Blake HaasNORMAL – Normal Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying...
Feb 28, 2022
Illinois gas prices up 14 cents over the week
Here in Illinois, gas is up 14.8 cents over the week, averaging $3.85 a gallon. (WJBC file photo)By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Gas prices are up across the country amid the Russia and Ukraine confl...
Feb 28, 2022
Omicron sublineage identified in central Illinois
Kelsey Carter, left, molecular lab tech, and Lindsey Margewich, right, lead molecular lab tech, loading a cartridge for a sequencing run into the Illumina NextSeq. (Photo courtesy Reditus Labs)By Neil...
Feb 28, 2022
Governor speaks at Chicago peace rally for Ukraine
Gov. Pritzker’s great-grandfather left Kyiv, Ukraine for Chicago in 1881. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker and other elected officials joined a Chicago ...
Feb 28, 2022
Hundreds flood Miller Park Lake in Bloomington for polar plunge
B104’s Buck Stevens took the plunge Saturday afternoon. (Photo courtesy WBWN.com)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Hundreds took a dip into an icy cold Miller Park lake in Bloomington for a polar pl...
Feb 28, 2022
Karr: Shopping malls are making a transition to other uses
Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The shopping mall – retail destination of the seventies and eighties – is ...
Feb 28, 2022
Birds Give Back results in record breaking totals
Donations and proceeds will further modernize the Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center and will ultimately lead to the expansion of services and resources available in that space. (Photo courtesy of G...
Feb 25, 2022
Senate Republicans propose legislation to empower parents of schoolchildren
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington). (Photo courtesy senatorbarickman.com)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Education bureaucracy has left parents behind, say Illinois Senate Republicans who want...
Feb 25, 2022
