Category Archives: Local News

Many Unit 5 buses were late on Thursday. (WJBC file photo) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – Unit 5’s busing problems continue. Superintendent Mark Daniel told WJBC’s Terry James First Stu...

Kyle Ham, CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council, speaks during the annual Economic Outlook for McLean County at Illinois Wesleyan University in June 2015. (WJBC file photo) By Gre...

By WJBC Staff A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus. Reports do not indicate confirmed offenses. Wed. Sept. 7, 2016 City of Bloomington has yet...

First Student had 14 drivers call in sick in Unit 5 this morning. (Photo courtesy flickr/flequi) By Eric Stock NORMAL – Many parents in Unit 5 have had to scramble to get their children to schoo...

The McLean County Health Department is looking at a $200,000 deficit in mental health funding. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Sam Thomas BLOOMINGTON – McLean County is looking at ways to ful...

Police say two drivers were hospitalized in a crash near Merna on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)By Eric StockMERNA – Two drivers were hospitalized in a crash south of Merna o...

Nuke plants in Clinton and the Quad-Cities operated at near capacity in June, July, and August. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesCLINTON – Even with a bill pending in the Illinois Legislature, Exe...

John Bowen portrays Captain Christian Riebsame in a prior year of the Evergreen Cemetery Walk. (Photo courtesy McLean County Museum of History)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – Tickets went on sale th...

Officials were called at about 12:15 p.m. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Fire crews from Bloomington and Normal worked to contain a blaze at 400 South Blair Drive in Normal ear...

Patty Wetterling shared her story in Normal just one year ago. (Facebook/Jacob Wetterling Resource Center) By Terry James NORMAL – One year ago, the mother of Minnesota’s Jacob Wetterling ...