Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Hundreds flood Miller Park Lake in Bloomington for polar plunge
B104’s Buck Stevens took the plunge Saturday afternoon. (Photo courtesy WBWN.com)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Hundreds took a dip into an icy cold Miller Park lake in Bloomington for a polar pl...
Feb 28, 2022
Karr: Shopping malls are making a transition to other uses
Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The shopping mall – retail destination of the seventies and eighties – is ...
Feb 28, 2022
Birds Give Back results in record breaking totals
Donations and proceeds will further modernize the Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center and will ultimately lead to the expansion of services and resources available in that space. (Photo courtesy of G...
Feb 25, 2022
Raoul announces final approval of $26 billion national opioid settlement agreement
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the funds will be used to fight problems caused by addictive opiates.(Photo courtesy Illinois.gov)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame...
Feb 25, 2022
Illinois lawmaker can’t stay quiet any longer about the wrongfully accused
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A Black teenager from Waukegan – Martell Williams, 15 – was reportedly detained for two d...
Feb 25, 2022
Durbin: Russian President Vladimir Putin can expect some real punishment
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke to Illinois reporters on Thursday. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was on his way out of Eastern Europe as Russia inva...
Feb 25, 2022
ISU professor: Going to see some economic impact from Russian attack
Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital on Friday morning amid unverified reports that the fighting had already reached the heart of Kyiv. (Twitter/CBS News)By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Russia...
Feb 25, 2022
20-month-old dead, Lincoln woman arrested and charged with murder
Cierra Coker, 20, of Lincoln. (Photo courtesy: Lincoln Police Dept./HOI-ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC LINCOLN – A Lincoln woman has been arrested after a 20-month old sustained life-threatening ...
Feb 24, 2022
Prices could reach $4 per gallon by months end amid the Russia invasion
Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at Gas Buddy spoke during a news conference on Thursday. By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Prices at the pump could pass $4 per gallon in the coming weeks, a...
Feb 24, 2022
McLean County mother may see new charge in case of still-missing infant
7-month-old Zaraz Walker has been missing since at least Sunday, February 13. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington woman may soon face a new charge of concealing a death as an ...
Feb 24, 2022
