Category Archives: Local News
Illinois State University gets federal grant to study mosquitos
Illinois State University ecology professor Steven Juliano is leading a three-year mosquito study. (Photo courtesy Steven Juliano)By Eric StockNORMAL – A study at Illinois State University aims ...
Oct 08, 2016
Country Financial responding to Hurricane Matthew
COUNTRY Financial began putting its team in place earlier this week. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – COUNTRY Financial has its team out in force to help handle losses suffered b...
Oct 08, 2016
Drazewski not recommended for retention
Judges Rebecca Foley and Scott Drazewski were accused of judicial misconduct while hiding their extramarital affair from December 2010 to February 2011. (WJBC file photos) By Terry James McLean County...
Oct 07, 2016
Bloomington council candidate takes aim at streets, citizen engagement
Sue Feldkamp (far left) was on the city’s liquor commission for part of the year. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – A candidate for Bloomington alderman hopes to get ...
Oct 07, 2016
Brantley Gilbert to play U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Brantley Gilbert will play one show on April 7. (Photo courtesy Brantley Gilbert) By Greg Halbleib BLOOMINGTON – A chart-topping country act is coming to U.S. Cellular Coliseum. The facility ann...
Oct 07, 2016
Hometown Military News: Oct. 7, 2016
Illinois Air National Guard Master Sgt. Donnie Ballowe with the 183rd Fighter Wing in Springfield, Illinois pins the rank of sergeant major on his wife Illinois Army National Guard Master Sgt. Dena Ba...
Oct 07, 2016
B-N Police Blotter: Thu. Oct. 7, 2016
By WJBC Staff A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses. Thu. Oct. 7, 2016 City of Bloomington has yet ...
Oct 07, 2016
ISU looks to start exchange program with university in China
Illinois State University President Larry Detz (left) and Southwest University (China) President Zhang Weiguo sign a memorandum of understanding during their visit at ISU on Thursday. (Photo courtesy ...
Oct 07, 2016
McLean County native says Matthew spared much of south Florida
A McLean County native now living about 20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in south Florida said Hurricane Matthew spared his area. (Photo Flickr/tctrow) By Greg Halbleib WELLINGTON, Fla. –...
Oct 07, 2016
Glass factory to expand, add jobs in Decatur
By RFD Radio/WFMB DECATUR – Chinese investment in a central Illinois town is paying off with more jobs at a glass factory. Fuyao Glass cut the ribbon on $200 million in improvements to the forme...
Oct 07, 2016
