Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Bloomington man pleads guilty to fatal DUI
Cameron Embry will serve no more than 10 years in prison as a result of his plea deal. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to ...
Sep 24, 2015
Congress members call Pope’s speech ‘special,’ ‘energizing’
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Raffaele Esposito)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The Pope’s speech to a joint session of Congress today (Thursday) is being called special and energizing by those w...
Sep 24, 2015
Caterpillar to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
Caterpillar is planning major layoffs.(WJBC file photo) By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network PEORIA – Peoria-based Caterpillar is laying off as many as ten-thousand employees worldwide throu...
Sep 24, 2015
Reilly felt ‘obligated’ to request additional sales tax hike
(WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – The proposal that Bloomington raise its sales tax one-quarter percent for schools on top of the one-percent hike it approved this week came as a sur...
Sep 24, 2015
Mitchell, Cabello propose bill to restore death penalty
State Reps. Bill Mitchell (left) and John Cabello have proposed reinstating capital punishment in Illinois. (Photo by Mike Spaulding/Illinois Radio Network) By Mike Spaulding/Illinois Radio Network DE...
Sep 24, 2015
Coalition announces 300,000 signatures for redistricting reform
A previous redistricting reform effort failed in 2014. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Illinois News Network SPRINGFIELD – The Independent Map Coalition has announced it already has over 300,...
Sep 24, 2015
Unit 5 approves new fiscal year budget
The board of education approved the spending plan Wednesday night. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – Unit 5 has approved its budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. If all goes ac...
Sep 23, 2015
District 87 approves budget, talks sales tax increase
The district approved a 2015-2016 budget Wednesday night. (WJBC File Photo) By Andy Dahn BLOOMINGTON – A newly approved 2015-2016 budget and the effect of a recent sales tax increase by the City...
Sep 23, 2015
Time to get vaccinated for the flu
Flu shots are being promoted by the Illinois Department of Public Health. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/flickr)By IRN/Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Somewhere between back-to-school and h...
Sep 23, 2015
Co-defendant says Davis-Dickson involved in homeless man beating death
Willie Chambers (left) took the stand Wednesday in Anthony Davis-Dickson’s (right) murder trial. (Photos courtesy McLean County Jail)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Jurors for the murder t...
Sep 23, 2015
