Category Archives: Local News
Bloomington, Normal issue parking bans
(Photo courtesy Pixabay) By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington and Normal have issued snow route parking bans amid a winter storm warning. The Town of Normal is implementing a parking ban star...
Mar 24, 2018
Advocate BroMenn demonstrates surgical robot
The new da Vinci Xi demonstration at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center. (Photo courtesy Advocate BroMenn) By Crystal Donaldson NORMAL – Imagine a robot performing your surgery. Surgeons at Advocat...
Mar 24, 2018
McLean Co. added to Winter Storm Warning; 3-6 inches possible in Bloomington-Normal
WMBD-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Yates expects a sharp cutoff in snow totals south of I-74.(WJBC file photo) By Greg Halbleib LINCOLN – Winter isn’t ready to let go of Central Illinois. T...
Mar 23, 2018
Defeated in primary, Segobiano hints his political career is not done
Veteran McLean County Board member Paul Segobiano during Friday’s appearance on WJBC’s Afternoon Report. (Photo by Crystal Donaldson/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Ve...
Mar 23, 2018
Bolingbrook man charged with sexual assault
Police and prosecutors say Michael Vegeler met the woman through an online dating service. (Photo McLean County Jail) By Greg Halbleib BLOOMINGTON – A man from suburban Chicago faces charges he ...
Mar 23, 2018
Hopedale woman uses own experiences to help others grieve
Sarah Nannen has written a book and hosts a website to help women dealing with grief. (Photo Facebook/Grief Unveiled)By Brooke Brighton/WMBD-TVHOPEDALE – A Tazewell County woman is sharing her s...
Mar 23, 2018
IWU finance expert: Market drop ‘a blip’
Despite the market dropping about two percent Thursday, a finance professor urges people not to panic. (Photo courtesy Flickr)By Patrick BaronBLOOMINGTON – A local economics expert is advising p...
Mar 23, 2018
Clinton High School student dies in DeWitt County crash
DeWitt County Sheriff’s Police and the coroner’s office are investigating a single vehicle crash that killed a Clinton High School student late Thursday afternoon. (File photo courtesy Fac...
Mar 22, 2018
CIAM executive seeks change of judge in arena theft case
Central Illinois Arena Management President John Butler during his initial court appearance. (Pool photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Lawyers in the case of former downtown arena ex...
Mar 22, 2018
Bloomington High School celebrates new fine arts wing groundbreaking
Bloomington High School celebrates the new fine arts wing. By Crystal Donaldson BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington High School’s students and staff celebrated the groundbreaking of the new fine art...
Mar 22, 2018
