By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Starting on Sunday, those making a local phone call in the Illinois area codes of 309, 618, and 708 will have to dial the ten digits to make the call. The change aims to help clear the way for a 3-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. If you have one of these…… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Bell ringing season for the Salvation Army of Bloomington is quickly approaching and volunteers are needed. Salvation Army of Bloomington development director Angie Bubon spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “Registertoring.com is the site to register. We are still working to get all of our locations confirmed, but we have tons…… MORE
Bloomington Police are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that killed a 62-year old man, as investigators call the fire “suspicious.”… MORE
Republicans are again calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to quit using executive orders to run the state’s covid mitigations.… MORE
A Normal based non-profit is the recipient of the 2021 “Angels in Adoption.”… MORE
The state is launching a new school safety initiative called “safe-two-help Illinois.”… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Even with kids back in school, travel was steady last month at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. CIRA deputy director of marketing Fran Strebing says passenger traffic last month was at 88% of what it was in 2019. She spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. “It’s a little bit of…… MORE
Court was brief on Tuesday, for the trial against Aaron Parlier. Parlier is accused of sexually assaulting his piano students.… MORE
A McLean County jury has ordered the former owner of a Twin-Cities hospital to pay $9.1 million to the estate of a Bloomington woman who died from pancreatic cancer.… MORE
Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was laid to rest on Tuesday, more than a month after his body was discovered in the Illinois River.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…