Category Archives: Local News
Investigator: Council member’s complaints are political, not discrimination
Normal Town Council member Stan Nord. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – An independent investigator looking into discrimination complaints against top government leader...
Mar 29, 2021
Car dealers sue Rivian over plans for direct selling of electric vehicles
The company plans to sell vehicles online and in showrooms. (Photo courtesy: Rivian/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – Some of this area’s largest car dealers are suing electric vehicle...
Mar 29, 2021
18-year old charged with wounding another teenager in Normal
Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said the victim suffered serious, but not life-threatening injuries. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – Normal Police have arrested an...
Mar 29, 2021
51 new coronavirus cases reported in McLean County
The county’s rolling positivity rate inched up to 4.9%. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Department reported 51 n...
Mar 26, 2021
MCHD reviews COVID-related death reports
McLean County health officials say the number of COVID-related deaths has gone up from 177 to 207 after comparing data reports from the Illinois Department of Public Health. (WJBC file photo) &...
Mar 26, 2021
Pandemic sends more expecting mothers to Bloomington birth center, opposed to hospital
The Birth Center in Bloomington is the only of its kind if downstate Illinois, allowing women with low-risk pregnancies the opportunity to deliver outside a hospital, since 2016. (Photo courtesy: Hear...
Mar 26, 2021
Graduate Workers Union claims ISU is trying to take away their first amendment rights
The university also said they respect the rights of the union to protest and are awaiting a response from the union on their counterproposals. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of Illin...
Mar 26, 2021
Illinois National Guard helps administer COVID vaccines at ISU
The Bone Student Center is one of several mobile vaccine sites throughout McLean county.(Facebook/Illinois State University) By HOI ABC NORMAL – 18 Illinois National Guardsmen and women m...
Mar 25, 2021
Rivian donates $500,000 to support SHIELD Illinois testing
The SHIELD Illinois lab at ISU opened in January and is currently processing 5,000 tests a week from Rivian. (Facebook/Cancer Center at Illinois) By Neil Doyle NORMAL – The University of ...
Mar 25, 2021
McLean County’s rolling positivity at 4.6%, 53 new cases of coronavirus
The health department on Thursday reported 58 new cases of coronavirus as there are 335 active cases in the county. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON ...
Mar 25, 2021
