Category Archives: Top Stories
Bloomington council to consider 2.5% pay raise for city manager
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington's city manager continues to get glowing reviews from elected leaders, who are...
Sep 25, 2021
IDPH adopting CDC recommendations for Pfizer booster shot
Earlier this year, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike received her first coronavirus vaccine. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/Twitter) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – The Il...
Sep 25, 2021
District 87, Unit 5 elect new school board presidents
Jim Hayek Jr. has been appointed President of the Unit 5 school board. (WJBC file photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON-NORMAL — The leading vote-getter in this month’s District 87 school b...
Apr 27, 2017
Top Stories of 2015: Agriculture
Community influencers and farmers eat together at the first Illinois Harvest Dinner near Pontiac in September. (Carrie Muehling/WJBC)By Carrie MuehlingBLOOMINGTON – Low commodity prices, variabl...
Dec 23, 2015
Memo: Test opt-out bill jeopardizes federal education funds
By Illinois News NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A measure that would allow parents to opt their children out of taking standardized tests in public schools would risk Illinois losing over $1 billion in fe...
Apr 24, 2015
Top 10 list gives rules for medical pot patients
More than 18,000 Illinoisans have started the application process to obtain medical marijuana (Photo by Brett Levin/flickr)By Metro News ServiceSPRINGFIELD – Public health officials are taking a...
Mar 09, 2015
Drivers in deadly crashes involving cellphones could get prison
State Rep. Robert Martwick says his proposal would send the message that driving while using a cellphone is as dangerous as driving drunk. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Metro News ServiceSPRINGFIELD...
Mar 09, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court to consider pension law this week
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments on the 2013 pension reform law. (WJBC file photo)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – This is the week that Illinois' new pensi...
Mar 09, 2015
