Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Bloomington reports 12-percent drop in crime in 2015
Bloomington Police report the crime rate dropped 11.6 percent in 2015. (WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – Police report crime in the city was at its lowest level in a decade last year...
Feb 05, 2016
COGFA projects $250 million drop in state revenue last month
(WJBC file photo)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Less jobs and a smaller population in Illinois are compounding the loss of tax revenue for the state. That's according to the ...
Feb 04, 2016
State Farm offers safety tips for Super Bowl weekend
(WJBC File Photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – State Farm is offering tips for a safe Super Bowl weekend.Spokesman Missy Dundov explained if you’re playing host for a Super Bowl party, i...
Feb 04, 2016
Rauner formalizes connection between DEOC and ILBEDC
(Photo by John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Wednesday establishing a formal collaboration between th...
Feb 03, 2016
ISU not planning faculty layoffs
(WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Illinois State University doesn’t have plans to layoff any faculty this academic year, unlike some of the school’s counterparts around the...
Feb 03, 2016
Republicans and Democrats shift blame in home care funding debate
(WJBC File Photo) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network CHICAGO – Home care agencies may have to shut down or cut many of their services due to the budget impasse, with Gov. Bruce Rauner and De...
Feb 03, 2016
Comptroller: Illinois on pace for $6 billion deficit
Illinois comptroller Leslie Munger says lawmakers and the governor will have to come together ona a budget solution. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Livestream/Leslie Munger) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Ne...
Feb 03, 2016
Bloomington Police seek suspect in grocery store robbery
Bloomington Police say West Market Groceries was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night. (WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – Police say a grocery store was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday nigh...
Feb 03, 2016
Republicans say procurement reform could save over $500 million
State Rep. Dan Brady. (WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaSPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans say a proposal could save the state over $500 million dollars annually by reforming the way the state buys ...
Feb 02, 2016
Medical marijuana advocates continue push for expansion
(Photo courtesy Flickr/BrettLevin)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – The medical marijuana lobby in Illinois is not happy with the Governor’s administration after it rejected eight recommendations...
Feb 02, 2016
