Category Archives: Local News
IDOT to replace culvert on Illinois Route 54
By WJBC StaffFARMER CITY - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that work is scheduled to begin Aug. 10 for the removal and replacement of a box culvert under Illinois 54 at the interse...
Aug 05, 2015
4 hospitalized in Towanda-Barnes crash
By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – McLean County Sheriff’s Police say four people were taken to the hospital following a head-on collision on Towanda-Barnes Road.The crash happened shortly after 7...
Aug 05, 2015
Judge requests more time on motion to dismiss murder charges
Danielle Fischer testifies against Nicholas Compton in January 2015. (Photo courtesy WMBD)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A McLean County judge will take some time to decide whether or not he’l...
Aug 04, 2015
Independent candidate in race for 18th District: “No more politics as usual”
Vlakancic will face off against Darin LaHood and Rob Mellon on Sep. 10. (Photo courtesy of connorforcongress.org)By Andy DahnBLOOMINGTON – The independent candidate in the special election of th...
Aug 04, 2015
Mitsubishi puts up strong July sales numbers
Total year-to-date sales are up 24.8 percent. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Mitsubishi Motors continues to put up excellent sales numbers.July marked the company’s 17th ...
Aug 03, 2015
B-N Police Blotter: Fri. July 31, 2015 – Sun. Aug. 2, 2015
By WJBC StaffA look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses.Fri. July 31, 2015City of Bloomington has yet to...
Aug 03, 2015
Late-night shuttle bus driver pleads guilty to DUI
Stephan McKenna, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated DUI last month in McLean County Court. (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A late-night shuttle bus driver will ser...
Aug 03, 2015
Road closing in White Oak Township
By WJBC StaffWHITE OAK – In White Oak Township, Township Road 825 East Rd, between 2100 North Rd and Hudson Carlock Rd, which is also CH 12 or 2250 North Rd, will be closed to through traffic, s...
Aug 03, 2015
Sen. Brady pushes enterprise zone extension to aid Mitsubishi site
State Sen. Bill Brady said there’s no reason to believe that having a union workforce at Mitsubishi Motors will make it more difficult to find a buyer to take over the plant that’s schedul...
Aug 03, 2015
6 Bloomington churches sponsor west side block party
First Christian Church is hosting the 17th annual West Side Block Party on Aug. 8. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – A summer tradition is back in Bloomington at one of the ci...
Aug 02, 2015
