Category Archives: Local News
Normal withdraws recycling agreement
Residents can drop of electronics for recycling at the Normal Public Works Department. (Photo courtesy Flickr/JoshuaKopel)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – The Town of Normal has withdrawn a proposed i...
Mar 06, 2015
Gridley Street from Douglas to Market to close
By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – Gridley St. between Douglas and Market, will be closed to thru traffic.Closure will being immediately and last approximately one month for sanitary sewer and street re...
Mar 06, 2015
NCHS students march in protest of PARCC exam
Students said the PARCC exam is not a good representation of what they have learned. (WJBC/Terry James)By Terry JamesNORMAL – More than 100 students at Normal Community High School walked out of...
Mar 06, 2015
Eves named McLean County associate judge
By WJBC StaffBLOOMINGTON – McLean County prosecutor Pablo Eves has been selected by the Circuit Judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit to fill the associate judge vacancy.Eves fills the seat cr...
Mar 05, 2015
Bloomington alderman candidates express views at forum
Candidates for Bloomington City Council spoke at a forum Wednesday night. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington City Council candidates stepped into the spotlight Wed...
Mar 05, 2015
Coliseum shows loss, but shows major impact on community
A couple will spend about $243 when visiting the Twin-Cities. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – The latest numbers are in for the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. The coliseum reports a third ...
Mar 04, 2015
Obituaries: Brucker, Schultz
Mildred BruckerMildred Louise Brucker, 86 of Fairbury, died at 2:05 a.m. March 4 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.Her funeral mass will be 10 a.m., Saturday at St. Andrew’s Catholic...
Mar 04, 2015
Normal prepares to enter new road salt contract
The town of Normal has used roughly half as much road salt this winter compared to last winter, according to Normal Public Works Director Wayne Aldrich. (WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Sn...
Mar 04, 2015
Bloomington woman gets 18 years for concealing homicide
By Eric StockEUREKA – A Bloomington woman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for concealing a homicide.Vishawn Mills, 25, was sentenced on Tuesday in Woodford County Court. Mills had reach...
Mar 04, 2015
Davis: Not funding DHS would have sent ‘terrible message’
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis supported a bill to fund DHS. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiWASHINGTON – A bill to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the fiscal year i...
Mar 03, 2015
