Category Archives: Local News

By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Maintenance will begin on the Lincoln Parking Garage in downtown as of Monday and is anticipated to last approximately three months.Some work areas, including parking ...

United Way of McLean County fundraising co-chairmen Sonja Reece and Scott Preston discuss this year’s fundraising campaign at Hancock Stadium Thursday. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaNORMAL ̵...

(WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its contract with United Auto Workers Local 2488 has been extended a month.The current contract expires at midnight Th...

(Logo courtesy Illinois Department of Employment Security)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal continues to have the lowest unemployment rate of any metro area in the state.The Illinois...

The new Hyatt Place Hotel will have a grand opening in September but is open for business now (Photo Courtesy bloomingtonnormal.place.hyatt.com)By Nick McClintockThose traveling to Normal or just want...

(Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A man accused of stabbing two people and beating another person in downtown Bloomington earlier this month spit at a judge during hi...

By WJBC StaffA look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses.Wed. Aug. 26, 2015City of BloomingtonCall Time L...

The two officers received the awards for their reaction to an incident in mid-July. (Photo courtesy NPD)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Three officers with the Normal Police Department have been hono...

State Rep. Dan Brady voted against Senate Bill 1229. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the so-called ‘no strike, no lockout’ binding arbit...

By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s second installment of property taxes is due on Tuesday.Payments not received in the office or postmarked by Sept. 1 will be assessed a statutory ...