Category Archives: Top Stories
Downtown Bloomington businesses fundraising money for PATH Crisis
Tickets for the event are $20. (Photo courtesy: La La Boutique/Facebook) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – One local business wants to raise money for PATH Crisis, a mental health call crisis center i...
Feb 29, 2024
State Farm lost $6.3B in 2023; company VP reports that State Farm “remains financially strong”
State Farm’s headquarters are located in Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal’s largest insurance company posted a net loss of $6 bil...
Feb 29, 2024
Many local County Clerk Offices say Trump will stay on the ballot
Illinois is the third state to attempt to remove Trump from the ballot after challenges in Maine and Colorado. (Photo courtesy: CBS News)By WMBD-TV PEORIA – Many Local County Clerk Offices have ...
Feb 29, 2024
Gov. Pritzker announces infrastructure grants through the Illinois Soundstage Program
Gov. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Hollywood. New York. Champaign?It could happen, as Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday announced infrastructure grants through t...
Feb 28, 2024
Brandon Walker gets life in prison for the horrific starvation death of Navin Jones
Brandon Walker appeared for his sentencing hearing Wednesday afternoon in a Peoria courtroom. (Photo courtesy: WMBD) By WMBD TV PEORIA – A Peoria man will spend the rest of his life in prison fo...
Feb 28, 2024
Illinois Secretary of State tells House committee the state is an outlier on car insurance rates
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Your income, your credit score, and whether you own a house.These factors would not se...
Feb 28, 2024
Killing of a Bloomington man was ‘personal,’ according to court testimony
The trial could last a week. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By WMBD MCLEAN COUNTY – Kiejoun Watts was looking to buy a gun from the man who is accused of killing him last winter.The alleged killer,...
Feb 27, 2024
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
