Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Senate Republican lawmakers call for series of public safety bills
Amber Oberheim (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Senators Wednesday used the police memorial on the Capitol grounds as the backdrop – and a Champaign police widow as the testimony ...
Oct 21, 2021
Bloomington Salvation Army looking for volunteer bell ringers
The Salvation Army of Bloomington also announced that this year’s chair for the Christmas campaign is WJBC’s Scott Miller. (Facebook/Salvation Army)By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bell ri...
Oct 21, 2021
Congressman Davis announces The Baby Fold as an “Angels in Adoption” honoree
U.S. Rep (R-Taylorville) Rodney Davis made the announcement on Wednesday. (Wikimedia)By Blake HaasNORMAL – A Normal based non-profit is the recipient of the 2021 “Angels in Adoption.”...
Oct 20, 2021
Illinois launching new school safety initiative
The new initiative is available to students 24/7. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – The state is launching a new school safety initiative called “safe-two-help Illinoi...
Oct 20, 2021
Travel at CIRA has been mostly leisure
Central Illinois Regional Airport deputy director of marketing Fran Strebing says passenger traffic last month was at 88% of what it was in 2019. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Eve...
Oct 20, 2021
Illinois Senate Republicans don’t want to repeal PNA
Sens. Neil Anderson, Jil Tracy, Sue Rezin, Sally Turner, and Terri Bryant. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois could be on the verge of enhancing its reputation as a haven for wom...
Oct 20, 2021
Day two of trial against Ex-Pekin Piano teacher ends
Aaron Parlier, center, a former Bloomington piano teacher charged with 38 sex crimes, arrives for his bench trial in McLean County Court, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Pool) By Heart of Illi...
Oct 19, 2021
Multi-million dollar verdict returned against hospital for local woman’s cancer death
Linda Smith died in March 2019. (Photo courtesy: Ginzkey Law Office) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A McLean County jury has ordered the former owner of a Twin-Cities hospital to pay $9....
Oct 19, 2021
IDPH Director and Gov. Pritzker call on older Illinoisans to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine
State public health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike (pictured, right) joined Gov. JB Pritzker (pictured, left). (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – It's time to talk about boost...
Oct 19, 2021
One man dead and five injured in early Tuesday fire
Both Normal and Bloomington Fire Departments battled the blazes. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – One person is dead after an apartment fire in Bloomington late Monday night....
Oct 19, 2021
