Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
CIRA to add 4th daily flight to Chicago
Central Illinois Regional Airport will add a fourth daily American Airlines flight to Chicago in November. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – American Airlines will be experime...
Oct 21, 2015
Veteran lawmaker Mautino named auditor general
Frank Mautino will replace William Holland as Illinois auditor general. (Photo courtesy Illinois House Democrats) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Frank Mautino must have felt l...
Oct 21, 2015
League of Women Voters supports finding solutions to affordable housing issue
Leaders of several community organizations offered their thoughts on the issue of affordable housing in McLean County Tuesday night to the League of Women Voters of McLean County. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By...
Oct 20, 2015
Unit 5 holds initial strategic planning meeting
Tuesday’s meeting was held at Chiddix Jr. High School. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – Unit 5 held its first strategic planning meeting with the public Tuesday night. Th...
Oct 20, 2015
Teen driving deaths down 60 percent
Secretary of State Jesse White says the graduated license program is saving lives. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesSPRINGFIELD – There has been a 60 percent decrease in teen driving deaths since ...
Oct 20, 2015
Sen. Kirk supports Rauner in budget standoff
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Mark Kirk)CHICAGO – While some Republicans have begun to criticize Gov. Bruce Rauner’s demands in the budget battle, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk isn’t among them.Kir...
Oct 20, 2015
McLean County pledges support for BN Advantage
Sonny O’Connor is retiring from the McLean County Board. (Photo courtesy mcleancountyil/gov)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – McLean County is the first government body to officially endorse a ne...
Oct 20, 2015
Fitch downgrades Illinois
Illinois has been downgraded to BBB+ from A- by the Fitch ratings agency. (WJBC file photo) By Illinois News Network SPRINGFIELD – Citing continued deterioration of the state's financial flexibi...
Oct 20, 2015
Normal approves Raab Road project
Normal will only have to spend about $350,000 in local funding on the project. (Eric Stock/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – The Normal Town Council has approved a project which will result in i...
Oct 20, 2015
Developers present ideas for downtown hotel
Developer David Bentley was one of two developers to present ideas for a downtown hotel at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By Joe Ragusa BLOOMINGTON – Two ...
Oct 20, 2015
