Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Ag class designed for those ignorant on agriculture
This annual class will teach the city slickers about a day on the farm. (David Gleason/Flickr)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – If you find yourself unable to identify a rooster from a hen, you might ...
Mar 02, 2015
Illinois politicians mark Casimir Pulaski Day
Casimir Pulaski was a Polish nobleman who fought as a general in the American Revolution. (Photo courtesy Flickr/rcgtrrz)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Monday is Casimir Pulaski...
Mar 02, 2015
Amtrak service could drop under Rauner’s proposed budget
Amtrak's Lincoln Service that passes through Uptown Station in Normal has increased 25 percent over the last five years. (Photo by Beth Whisman/WBC)By Metro News ServiceSPRINGFIELD – Amtrak...
Mar 02, 2015
Normal to consider gas tax, higher trash fees
Normal's fiscal year 2015-2016 is $101.7 million. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – The Normal Town Council will vote on approving the fiscal year 2015-2016 budget Monday nig...
Mar 02, 2015
State senator willing to tighten restrictions on vaccination exemptions
State Sen. John Mulroe (D-Chicago) has sponsored legislation that would tighten restrictions on vaccine exemptions. (Eric Stock/WJBC)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Of course it...
Mar 01, 2015
Winter Weather Advisory for WJBC listening area
(Photo Courtesy Flickr) WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHI...
Feb 28, 2015
Court reporters in limbo amid Illinois budget shortfall
Seventeen court reporters work in the local judicial circuit which includes McLean County. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – Court reporters in Illinois might not be reporting f...
Feb 28, 2015
Normal West AP classes no longer being cut
Normal West High School will continue to offer its planned AP foreign language classes. (WJBC File Photo)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Unit 5 has found a strategy to allow its two high schools to o...
Feb 28, 2015
Ward four candidates differ on hotel
The two candidates vying for Bloomington's fourth ward have different feelings on using public money for a downtown hotel. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – One of the main conte...
Feb 28, 2015
Lawmakers propose bill to keep Exelon plants open in Illinois
Clinton Power Station is one of three nuclear plants Exelon is threatening to close. (Photo courtesy Exelon)By John Greory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Exelon nuclear power plants want to be ...
Feb 27, 2015
