Category Archives: Local News
Pontiac youth joins Bradley team as honorary member
Jalene Woolford connected with Bradley women’s basketball through a program for children with serious illnesses. (Photo courtesy Jim Woolford) By Cynthia Grau PONTIAC – A Pontiac St. Mary'...
Feb 11, 2018
Families of domestic abuse learn to cope with the effects through music
An Illinois Prairie Community Foundation grant brings together the Music Connections Foundation and Neville House to help victims of domestic abuse.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Prairie Community ...
Feb 11, 2018
How to be heart healthy during heart month
By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ NewsPONTIAC – February is American Heart Month, and although this has the designated name, a heart can be kept healthy year around.Tonya Johnson-Wilcox, EMS Director at OSF ...
Feb 10, 2018
East side fire destroys apartment building, injures firefighter
A fire destroyed much of a 12-unit apartment building on Gettysburg Drive Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Patrick Baron/WJBC)By Patrick BaronBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington firefighters battled a blaze ...
Feb 10, 2018
BPD: Local man produced methamphetamines in west side motel room
Jacob Laws is accused of producing methamphetamines in a west side Bloomington motel room.(Bloomington Police Department photos) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police say t...
Feb 09, 2018
Local ministry works to combat human trafficking in McLean County
Catalyst Ministries in Bloomington is taking measures to fight human trafficking in McLean County. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Catalyst Ministries) By Patrick Baron BLOOMINGTON – A local organizati...
Feb 09, 2018
Survivors, families recall being ‘saved’ by St. Jude
Christine Graves (right) poses with her daughter Isabel for the St. Jude Radiothon. Christine’s son Emilio died of State 4 neuroblastoma at age 4. By Ashley Antonini BLOOMINGTON – Friday m...
Feb 09, 2018
Travel to be slowed by winter storm in Chicago, northern Illinois
Chicago and northern Illinois could see up to a foot of snow on Friday. (Photo courtesy Pixabay) By Howard Packowitz and Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – Motorists heading north are advised to prepare f...
Feb 09, 2018
‘Welcoming city’ backers plot resistance to Bloomington aldermen’s move to table ordinance
Monday night’s Bloomington City Council meeting will not be the first time that ‘welcoming city’ backers have crowded into council chambers. (File photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By ...
Feb 09, 2018
Two fires in Bloomington-Normal ruled accidental
Firefighters say a quilt and a light bulb that came into contact ignited a fire in an apartment at The Lodge in Normal. (Photo Maria Henneberry/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – Investigators i...
Feb 09, 2018
