Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Lawmakers denounce anti-Semitic protesters
Lawmakers speak out on those who would use Nazi imagery against the governor(PHOTO:Dave Dahl) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD–Responding to questions at an unrelated news conference Monday, t...
May 18, 2020
Bond raised on new charges against convicted killer Donald Whalen
Whalen was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatally stabbing and beating his father at the elder Whalen’s downtown Bloomington bar 29-years ago. (Photo courtesy: HOI)By Heart of...
May 18, 2020
McLean County Coroner ID’s Bloomington man as victim of fatal crash
The accident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – The McLean County coroner has identified a Bloomington man as the victim of a fatal motorcycle cra...
May 18, 2020
COVID-19 antibody and nasal swab testing site opens in Bloomington
The Interstate Center COVID-19 testing site will close on Friday. (Photo courtesy: CDC/Twitter)By AJ HarrisBLOOMINGTON – A coronavirus antibody and nasal swab testing site opened on Monday, furt...
May 18, 2020
Republicans want to change Illinois’ income tax system from flat to graduated is still on the ballot
Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) wants the graduated income tax amendment removed from the November ballot and hopes he can convince the Democrats to go along with him. (Photo courtes...
May 18, 2020
Colleges, universities in Illinois eye budget cuts amid pandemic uncertainty
Illinois State University President Larry Dietz has asked department heads to prepare budget scenarios with 10 percent and 20 percent reductions compared with the fiscal year that ends June 30. (Faceb...
May 15, 2020
House Republicans want some communities to reopen
State Rep. CD Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans are trying to keep the pressure on Gov. JB Pritzker to let Downstate commun...
May 15, 2020
Governor unveils new employment tool; Illinois has 87,937 coronavirus cases
The new website connects jobs with people who want jobs. (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday unveiled a new employment tool at his daily coronavirus briefi...
May 14, 2020
LaHood: Governor’s reopening plan is “one size fits all”
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood says he's in favor of helping local and state governments – an example, saving first responders' jobs. (Facebook/Darin LaHood) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – U.S. Re...
May 14, 2020
McLean County health officials announce 4th COVID-19 death
The updated numbers as of Thursday in McLean County. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A fourth McLean County resident has died from coronavirus,...
May 14, 2020
