Category Archives: Local News
Connect Transit board ready to delay fare hikes
Connect Transit Board members (from left to right) John Bowman, Julie Hile, Monica Bullington, and Judy Buchanan at Tuesday’s board meeting. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Packo...
Jun 26, 2019
Prosecutors: Hit and run van driver in fatal crash did not have drivers license
Jose Rodriguez, 27, has to post a $10,035 cash bond to be released from the McLean County Jail. (Photo Bloomington Police Department) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – The driver of a van wh...
Jun 25, 2019
Start your engines: Unit 5 provides hands-on bus driving experience for prospective drivers
First Student provides transportation to more than 13,000 Unit 5 students and their families every year. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – It was a start your engines n...
Jun 25, 2019
UPDATED: Man identified in hit and run accident
A Normal man was identified as the victim of a hit and run accident.(Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By A.J. HarrisBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department has identified the man who was killed...
Jun 24, 2019
Crash leaves one dead after van strikes motorcycle
Bloomington Police say a man fled on foot after hitting a motorcyclist. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON - A man died after a van struck a motorcyclist then fled on foot from the sc...
Jun 22, 2019
BPD: Gunshots fired on city’s west side
No one was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning at Sunnyside Court on Bloomington’s west side. (Facebook/Bloomington Police) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police conf...
Jun 22, 2019
Pritzker’s immigration “firewall” includes ban on Dwight detention center
Gov. JB Pritzker. (File photo by Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzCHICAGO – It is now illegal in Illinois to run privately-operated immigrant detention centers, like the $45 million propo...
Jun 22, 2019
UPDATED: Second local man jailed for heroin-related death
Jacob Schultz, 34, of Bloomington, is one of two people charged in the heroin-related death of a man last November. (Bloomington Police Department photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON R...
Jun 21, 2019
UPDATED: No working smoke alarms in fatal fire
The June 12 house fire in the 1300 block of Baugh Drive in Normal killed Judith Dawson, 76, of Normal. (Photo by Blake Haas/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzNORMAL – Investigators said Friday there...
Jun 21, 2019
Driver drowns when car falls into retention pond near McLean
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder are investigating a fatal crash early Friday in which a car fell into a retention pond near McLean. (DavidsonScott/flickr) By Howar...
Jun 21, 2019
