Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
McLean County adds 43 cases of coronavirus
52 additional people were released from isolation and are considered recovered. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Dep...
May 05, 2021
Congressman LaHood calls former President Trump’s Facebook ban a ‘terrible precedent’
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – According to one Central Illinois lawmaker, Facebook’s Oversight Board decision to continue the ne...
May 05, 2021
State Senator sponsoring a bill to outlaw school dress codes which pertain to hair
The committee told State Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) to work on the enforcement mechanism before bringing his bill back. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Almost sixty years a...
May 05, 2021
BN Restaurant Week starts May 14
One of the participating restaurants is Epiphany Farms located at 220 E. Front Street in Bloomington. (Facebook/Epiphany Farm) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – With many restaurants impacted t...
May 05, 2021
Illinois Secretary of State calls for new Dr. King statue
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says King deserves a Springfield statue which is distinctive. (Photo courtesy Illinois Secretary of State’s Office) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD –...
May 04, 2021
Central Illinois man smashes 100-mile treadmill World Record
Taggert VanEtten (center) smashed the World Record on Saturday at Seasons Gastropub in Morton. (Photo courtesy: Taggert VanEtten/Facebook) By Blake Haas MORTON – One Central Illinois Physical Ed...
May 04, 2021
3 more COVID-related deaths in McLean County
There are 30 McLean County residents in the hospital due to COVID and 396 are in home isolation. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Three addit...
May 04, 2021
Bloomington Kiwanis Club holding flower sale to send kids to camp
The sale offers a host of annuals, herbs, and vegetable garden plants. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Kiwanis/Facebook) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – As Mother’s Day weekend approaches, the Bl...
May 04, 2021
Illinois farmers have been busy
USDA statistician Steve Parn said some farmers are even planting soybeans ahead of corn. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Weather last week in Illinois was warm and damp for farmers,...
May 04, 2021
Questions about the state veterans’ home at LaSalle are not going away
Gov. Pritzker is still having to answer questions about one of the state's veterans homes – after an inspector general's report whacked his administration hard over its response to 36 COVID deat...
May 04, 2021
