Category Archives: Local News
A 15-year old teenager faces charges in connection to a shooting in early February
The teenager remains behind bars at the McLean County Juvenile Detention Facility. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – A 15-year-old teenager stands accused of playing a rol...
Feb 27, 2024
Lincoln Mayor shooting down rumors regarding migrants housed at Lincoln College
The college campus remains empty and managed by administration and the Board of Trustees. (Photo courtesy: Lincoln College/File) By Blake Haas LINCOLN – Lincoln’s top elected official want...
Feb 27, 2024
Governor Pritzker calls Twin Cities state’s center for electric vehicles
Heartland Community College is home to an expanded Advanced Manufacturing Training Center so students can learn about, among other things, electric cars. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGF...
Feb 27, 2024
Bloomington apartment fire displaces several residents
Bloomington fire crews were called Monday around 8:40 p.m. to 1311 N. Hershey Road for a report of an apartment fire. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Fire Department)By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Emerg...
Feb 27, 2024
Normal West High School teacher being nationally recognized
April Schermann received the award for "Computer Science Teacher of the Year" by Project Lead the Way. (Photo courtesy WMBD-TV)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – One teacher from Normal Community West High Scho...
Feb 27, 2024
NAACP holds its voting empowerment workshop
The NAACP was founded in 1909 and is the world's largest and oldest civil rights organization in the world. (WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington-Normal NAACP was empowering v...
Feb 26, 2024
Hundreds come out to Miller Park for the 25th annual Polar Plunge
By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – Hundreds of people took the plunge into the frigid waters of Miller Park Lake in Bloomington."As the lead up it was like 700 plungers, then it was 800, I show up today an...
Feb 26, 2024
Severe storms could impact Central Illinois on Tuesday
Factor in a strong jet stream overhead and a strong cold front pushing in from the west, you've got all the ingredients in place for severe storms. (Photo McLean County Emergency Management Agency/Fac...
Feb 26, 2024
ISU reveals third university president candidate to visit campus
Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix (Liz) is the Provost and Executive Vice President at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. (Photo courtesy: Illinois State University) By WMBD NORMAL – Illinois State Univers...
Feb 25, 2024
McLean County corn and soybean production top in state in 2023
For the second year in a row, McLean County sat at the top of corn production across the state. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By WMBD MCLEAN COUNTY – McLean County remains an agricultural powerhou...
Feb 24, 2024
