Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
ISU’s Winkel named Athena Award winner
Julie Dobski (right) presented Doan Winkel with the Athena Award on Wednesday. (Photo by Colleen Reynolds/WJBC) By WJBC Staff NORMAL – The McLean County Chamber of Commerce has presented its ann...
Oct 08, 2015
Zimmerman’s attorneys dismissed due to conflict of interest
Kirk Zimmerman (right) is on trial for the alleged murder of his ex-wife. (Pool photo) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man accused of murder will have to find new representation a...
Oct 07, 2015
Supreme court case could bring interesting results
Supreme Court Scholar Meghan Leonard looks for interesting decisions on 8th amendment cases. (WJBC file photo) By Terry James NORMAL – Two Kansas brothers are waiting to hear from the US Supreme...
Oct 07, 2015
Rauner again says Democrats are to blame for budget impasse
Gov. Bruce Rauner again blamed Democrats for the budget impasse during a speech Wednesday. (Photo courtesy RebootIllinois/YouTube) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network OAK LAWN – A speech from...
Oct 07, 2015
New video board system being installed at U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Construction crews work on installing the new marquee video board outside the U.S. Cellular Coliseum (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By Joe Ragusa BLOOMINGTON – The U.S. Cellular Coliseum is adding s...
Oct 07, 2015
Supervisors testify in trial of ex-officer accused of writing fake tickets
Brenton VanHoveln (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Testimony continues Wednesday in the trial of former Bloomington police officer Brenton VanHoveln, who is accused ...
Oct 07, 2015
Mitsubishi Motors, UAW reach tentative deal
Mitsubishi Motors plans to stop production on Nov. 30. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockNORMAL – Mitsubishi Motors has announced a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Auto Workers...
Oct 07, 2015
Treasurer announces savings for college savings program
Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs has announced the elimination of some fees through the Bright Directions 529 program. (Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network)By Illinois News NetworkSPRINGFIELD –...
Oct 07, 2015
Rep. Davis backs trade deal, but ‘devil is in the details’
U.S. Rep Rodney Davis said the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is meant to modernize decades old language that has put America at a disadvantage when trying to compete with the rest of the world. ...
Oct 07, 2015
Bookmobile committee discusses new stops
The Bloomington Public Library Bookmobile committee met for the first time Tuesday (Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By Joe Ragusa BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Public Library has formed a committee to...
Oct 06, 2015
