Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Hundreds including mom and daughter get first COVID shots at Bloomington arena
Grossinger Motors Arena in downtown Bloomington is being used as a mass vaccination site. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC) By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – A mass vaccination site is now open in McLean Coun...
Jan 22, 2021
New swimming pool, skate park seen as boost to Bloomington’s west side
O’Neil Pool is located at 1515 West Chestnut Street in Bloomington. (Photo City of Bloomington) By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington leaders asked for input Thursday night about upgrad...
Jan 22, 2021
IDPH reports 4,979 new COVID cases, 123 deaths
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,086,333 cases, including 18,520 deaths. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursda...
Jan 21, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine testing underway for children
OSF Pharmacist Ryan Wolf prepares COVID-19 vaccines in McLean County. (Photo courtesy McLean County Health Department)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues worldwi...
Jan 21, 2021
Bloomington’s Whalen given more prison time as he finishes sentence for 1991 killing
Donald Whalen. (Photo courtesy: Illinois Department of Corrections)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – Additional prison time has been ordered for a Bloomington man who is almost done serving ...
Jan 21, 2021
ISA CEO: Was a good year for farmers
Soybeans were 59 bushels per acre, up five from 2019. Production was 605 million bushels, up fourteen percent from last year. (Facebook/Illinois Soybean Association) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON R...
Jan 19, 2021
District 87 returns to in-person learning
All students will be remote Mondays and then will have two different groups of in person learning. One group will be in-person Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the other will be Thursdays and Fridays. (WJB...
Jan 19, 2021
Rivian announces $2.65 billion investment round
Rivian will produce its R1T pickup and R1S SUV at its manufacturing plant in Normal. (Twitter/Rivian) By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Electric automaker Rivian has closed an investment round of $2.65...
Jan 19, 2021
180 new coronavirus cases reported in McLean County; 303 recover
Local hospitals are reporting 50% of ICU beds in use, 69% of total beds in use, and 29 people hospitalized for COVID-19. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – The rolling positivity ...
Jan 19, 2021
IDPH announces 3,385 new cases of coronavirus
No COVID-19 update locally because the McLean County Health Department is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Depa...
Jan 18, 2021
