Category Archives: Top Stories
ISU Athletics announces 2022 Percy Family Hall of Fame Class
The class will officially be inducted at the Hall of Fame breakfast on October 15, in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom on the ISU campus. (Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)By Jake Foga...
May 26, 2022
Green Gables fundraiser a ‘smash’ hit at Epiphany Farms
Green Gables owner Amy Teague (left) thanked the community Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy: Scott Miller/WJBC) By Blake Haas and A.J. HarrisBLOOMINGTON – Over 600 smash burgers were served up W...
May 26, 2022
Electric car battery plant won’t be built in the Twin Cities
The Kokomo plant is expected to open in early 2025. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – Hopes have been dashed for a new Samsung electric vehicle battery factory in ...
May 26, 2022
Bloomington pawn shop owner robbed at gunpoint shares his story
Michael Moss, owner of McLean County Exchange. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington pawn shop owner robbed and beaten at gunpoint last Wednesday is shar...
May 26, 2022
Arguments underway at State Capitol to bring back Douglas statue
State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), chair of the Illinois House Statues and Monuments Task Force, reacts to a suggestion the Stephen Douglas statue return to the Capitol lawn, saying it's just time f...
May 25, 2022
Prices at the pump reaching record numbers ahead of Memorial Day
Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy, spoke with WJBC’s Blake Haas. (Flickr) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Gas prices are reaching record numbers in central Illinois, just ahead of the year’s b...
May 25, 2022
UPDATE: Chicago man facing gun charges after shooting near ISU
Malik Alexander-Romello Wilson, 23, of Chicago. (Photo courtesy: NPD/Facebook) By HOI ABC and Blake Haas NORMAL – A Chicago man is behind bars in McLean County after a shooting early Wednesday m...
May 25, 2022
Normal Police beefing up patrols for Memorial Day holiday
Normal Police Community Service Officer spoke with WJBC’s Todd Wineburner. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) By Blake HaasNORMAL – Ahead of the busiest travel day of the year, Normal Police ar...
May 24, 2022
Rivian Automotive launching Farmers’ Market for employees only
The plant is located at 100 Rivian Motorway. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasNORMAL – Rivian Automotive is welcoming a series of Farmers’ Markets at their manufacturing facilities...
May 24, 2022
Clinton School District banning cell phones in the classroom
Clinton Superintendent Curt Nettles spoke with WJBC’s Blake Haas. (Photo courtesy: Clinton School District/Facebook) By Blake HaasCLINTON – There’s a lot of debate on if cell phones ...
May 24, 2022
