Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Normal Police officer recognized for helping families of fallen officers
Normal Police Chief Steve Petrilli (left) presents Chad Bock (right) with a Meritorious Police Service Award. (Normal Police Department photo) By HOI ABCNORMAL – A police officer in Normal is be...
Jul 01, 2022
Illinois is trying to get a step ahead of people who commit crimes with guns
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois is using technology to better trace guns used in crimes.Attorney General Kwame Raoul and State Police di...
Jun 30, 2022
Leah Marlene announces hometown concert at The Corn Crib
Leah Marlene will be hosting a concert at The Corn Crib August 27. (Facebook/Leah Marlene)By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Normal native Leah Marlene is making a return to the Twin-Cities for a hometown co...
Jun 30, 2022
Half-century in prison for Bloomington man convicted of 2018 homicide
McLean County Judge Casey Costigan gave Thornton 25 years for murder and 25 more years for using a gun to commit the crime. Thornton's attorney plans to appeal, claiming his client is too young for an...
Jun 29, 2022
Heartland Community College breaks ground on $23M ag building
College officials hope to have the building completed in the fall of 2023. (Photo courtesy: Steve Fast/Heartland Community College) By Heart of Illinois ABC NORMAL – Ground has been broken on th...
Jun 28, 2022
Council votes 5-3 for Bloomington’s second cannabis dispensary
Cannabis dispensary site on JC Parkway in Bloomington. (Photo courtesy City of Bloomington)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington City Council has approved the city's second cannabis dispensary...
Jun 28, 2022
Gas prices drop in Illinois, throughout country, over last week
The national average has fallen nearly 9 cents per gallon over the week, sitting at $4.88.(Flickr)By Jake FogalBLOOMINGTON – Gas prices are down about 13 cents in the last week across the state,...
Jun 27, 2022
Protestors of all ages line Veterans Parkway in dissent against Roe v. Wade decision
Demonstrators stand beneath the Planned Parenthood sign in Bloomington. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Generations of protestors gathered along Veterans Parkway against the rece...
Jun 27, 2022
Gov. JB Pritzker calling special session to address reproductive rights
Gov. JB Pritzker calls for special session to address reproductive rights after U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By WJBC StaffCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker is...
Jun 24, 2022
One person dead in single vehicle accident in Bloomington
Bloomington Police are still investigating the accident. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – One person is dead after a single vehicle car accident on Bloomington’s west side.Police w...
Jun 24, 2022
