Category Archives: Local News
Daniel: Entire teacher pay schedule must be reviewed with new minimum salary
Unit 5 Superintendent Mark Daniel says the district will find the money this year for new minimum teacher salaries.(WJBC file photo) By Greg Halbleib NORMAL – Unit 5 Superintendent Mark Daniel s...
Jun 18, 2018
Bloomington seeks beautiful homes and buildings
The deadline to nominate homes and businesses for the annual awards is Friday. (WJBC file photo) BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Citizen’s Beautification Committee is looking for wel...
Jun 18, 2018
Man charged for opioid-induced homicide in Bloomington
Troy McBride of Rantoul is the second person to be charged in McLean County with a drug-induced homicide.(Bloomington Police photo) By Howard Packowitz One of a dozen opioid-related deaths in M...
Jun 14, 2018
Twin Cities welcome Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games
Special Olympics Illinois will be holding its 2018 Summer Games in Bloomington-Normal through Sunday. (Facebook/SpecialOlympicsIllinois) By Crystal Donaldson NORMAL – The Special Olympics Illino...
Jun 14, 2018
Bloomington public works director welcomes planned Veterans Parkway improvements
An engineering study of the Veterans Parkway-Empire Street intersection is slated for this year under the state’s five-year highway improvement plan. (Google Maps) By Greg Halbleib and Ashley An...
Jun 14, 2018
Normal’s Fritzen: ‘State Farm Effect’ forces community to embrace change
Jeff Fritzen is the Normal Town Council’s representative on the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council. (Photo courtesy normal.org) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – It’s ...
Jun 14, 2018
Unit 5’s Cleary to resign, becomes second board member to leave for out of state job
Unit 5 School Board member Joseph Cleary is resigning after accepting a teaching job in California. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – A second Unit 5 school bo...
Jun 13, 2018
McLean County EMS provides ambulance simulator to students
EMS students at Heartland Community College will be able to get more realistic training during ambulance simulations. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Heyworth Ambulance) By Patrick Baron NORMAL – Stude...
Jun 13, 2018
Front Street signals turned off to experiment with pedestrian-friendly layouts
The intersection of Front and Center streets will get the most study as city public works staff members experiment with a more pedestrian-friendly corridor. (WJBC file photo) By Greg Halbleib BLOOMING...
Jun 13, 2018
BPD’s Chief Wheeler seeks public’s help to solve double homicide
Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler is making his first public comments on the shooting deaths of two people on the city’s east side. Wheeler is asking for the public’s help in solving t...
Jun 11, 2018
