Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Clare House founder named Don Munson Spirit award winner
Tina Sipula is the 2015 WJBC Don Munson Spirit of McLean County Award winner. (Photo by Laura Ewan/WJBC) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A woman who has feed the hungry and sheltered battered women ...
Nov 10, 2015
Zimmerman’s bond reduced to $2 million
Kirk Zimmerman has been in the McLean County Jail since his arrest. (Pool photo) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – Accused murderer Kirk Zimmerman’s bond has been reduced. Zimmerman is char...
Nov 09, 2015
SIU begins ag drone curriculum
SIU-Carbondale has started an agriculture drone curriculum. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Precision Drone) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network CARBONDALE – Call it a drone. Call it a UAV. Call it wha...
Nov 09, 2015
Durbin supports sending special ops to Syria, unsure of overall strategy
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he'll back the Obama administration’s move to deploy troops to help fighters against Islamic State militants, but says he’s not sure what the U-S should do to tr...
Nov 09, 2015
Vehicle hits two pedestrians in uptown Normal
Police in Normal responded to a car crash involving two pedestrians on Saturday. (Photo by Flickr/davidsonscott15) By Eric Stock NORMAL – Two pedestrians were hospitalized after the were hit by ...
Nov 09, 2015
Bloomington to consider bump in tax levy
The Bloomington City Council will vote Monday on a tentative property tax levy increase of $344,000 that will still lower the city’s tax rate. (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By Joe Ragusa BLOOMINGTO...
Nov 09, 2015
Now is the time to sign up for health insurance
By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – Open enrollment is underway through the Affordable Care Act and GetCoveredIllinois.gov. Brian Gorman with Get Covered Illinois said if signed up last year, you are no...
Nov 08, 2015
Miller Park Zoo gets ultrasound machine as donation
The Miller Park Zoo has never had an ultrasound machine. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMIGNTON – Bloomington’s Miller Park Zoo now has an ultrasound machine, thanks to Fort Jesse ...
Nov 08, 2015
Illinois Innocence Project gets grant to help Latinos
(Logo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Innocence Project)By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The University of Illinois-Springfield is getting $754,000 for its "Illinois Innocence Pr...
Nov 08, 2015
Heartland removes nearly 100 trees due to emerald ash borer
By Eric StockNORMAL – Colleges ‘kill’ plenty of trees to produce textbooks, metaphorically speaking.Heartland Community College had to kill 90 ash trees recently because of the emera...
Nov 07, 2015
