Category Archives: Local News
Local school districts try to overcome revenue shortfalls, Unit 5 mulls 2020 tax referendum
Unit 5 and District 87 School Boards Wednesday night unanimously adopted budgets for the next fiscal year.. (WJBC File Photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s two l...
Sep 27, 2018
GOP County Clerk attacks ‘radical, socialist agenda’ of Democratic rival
McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael put out a news release late Wednesday night suggesting her Democratic opponent is behind the filing an ethics complaint to tarnish her reputation. (WJBC file p...
Sep 27, 2018
Pritzker visits ISU to discuss higher education plans
At Illinois State University Democratic Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker highlighted his plan for higher spending on financial aid and his support for a graduated tax to make wealthier Illinoisan...
Sep 26, 2018
District 87 seeks to transfer money to cover $2 million ed fund deficit
The District 87 School Board Wednesday night will vote on a budget for the next fiscal year that includes a structural deficit in the education fund of nearly $2 million. (File photo by Patrick Baron/...
Sep 26, 2018
Aldermen to vote on harsher penalties for problem landlords
Bloomington city inspectors found hundreds of housing code violations at a 12-unit apartment building on Gettysburg Drive just 11 days before a fire caused an estimated $650,000 damage to the building...
Sep 24, 2018
Congressional campaign challenges pre-existing conditions
Incumbent Republican Rodney Davis said Democratic challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan has shown once again she is willing to bend the truth. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Th...
Sep 23, 2018
Historian seeks to help community face prior racial misdeeds
Illinois State University History Professor Emeritus Mark Wyman (far right) wrote the inscription on the historical marker describing segregated beaches at Miller Park. He also participated in the cer...
Sep 23, 2018
Coroner releases name of one of the three victims of Wednesday’s semi crash
McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis has released the name of the three victims of Wednesday’s semi-truck crash (WJBC file photo) By Katherine Murphy The McLean County Coroner’s office...
Sep 21, 2018
Elderly Bloomington man granted sentencing delay in child molestation case
Johnny Icard, 78, of Bloomington is awaiting sentencing for molesting a six-year old girl last year. (McLean County Jail photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – An elderly convicted chil...
Sep 21, 2018
Power outage in Hudson closes elementary school
Storms in Hudson early Thursday left many without power(Ameran) By Katherine MurphyA major power outage in Hudson means no school for kids at Hudson elementary school.Unit five Director of ...
Sep 21, 2018
