Category Archives: Local News
Illinois State gets $12.5 million federal grant to improve school leadership
ISU has received a grant that the Center for the Study of Education Policy will use to train school principals. (WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Illinois State University has been awarde...
Oct 11, 2017
Unit 5 mulls declaration to calm students’ immigration fears
Unit 5’s superintendent says the district is drafting a declaration to embrace diversity and calm fears tied to the divisive immigration debate.(WJBC File Photo) By Howard Packowit...
Oct 11, 2017
Rep. Brady holds off on Rauner endorsement
State Representative Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) says he’s not in the endorsement business. But disappointed in the Governor’s decision to expand taxpayer-funded abortions. (WJBC file photo)...
Oct 10, 2017
Blue Shield Blue Cross drops OSF
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center is one of many centers across the country which will be affected by the departure of Blue Cross Blue Shield. (WJBC File Photo) By Sean Copeland People with ...
Oct 10, 2017
U-High hosts ‘run, hide, fight’ training session
U-High hosted a training session Monday to how to prepare for a shooter. (Photo courtesy WMBD-TV) By Cody Schiever/WMBD NORMAL – Mass shootings throughout the country leave emergency mentors con...
Oct 10, 2017
Normal releases hydrant flushing schedule
Normal will begin hydrant flushing Oct. 15 (Photo courtesy Pixabay) By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Normal is planning its annual hydrant flushing next week. Fire hydrant flushing is performed to remove ...
Oct 10, 2017
Uptown lighting installation to continue
(Photo courtesy Pixabay)By WJBC StaffNORMAL – The installation of Uptown lighting will be continued on Tuesday.Southbound Constitution Boulevard from Uptown Circle to Mulberry Street will be clo...
Oct 10, 2017
Bloomington mayor laments ugly political environment
Regina Noland carried signs outside Bloomington City Hall calling for the arrest of Mayor Tari Renner and City Manager David Hales. (Photo by Lindsey Harrison, WMBD-TV)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMIN...
Oct 10, 2017
Bloomington teen told police shooting was accidental
Emerial Tutwiler has been jailed on a $100,000 bond on reckless discharge of a firearm charges. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail). By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man claims he accid...
Oct 09, 2017
Road in Danvers Township to close
(Photo courtesy Pixabay) By WJBC Staff DANVERS – In Danvers Township, 2000 North Road, between 50 and 150 East roads, will be closed to through traffic on Wednesday, weather permitting, for culv...
Oct 09, 2017
