Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
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
Pritzker says Illinois is getting closer to opening up more
Gov. JB Pritzker did not say exactly when. The bridge phase is immediately before a full reopening: Phase Five. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker is cautiously optimisti...
May 03, 2021
BPD investigating shots fired on city’s east side
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jesse Lanphear at 309-434-2369 or Jlanphear@cityblm.org. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Police are probing a shots fired ...
May 03, 2021
McLean County adds 124 cases of coronavirus
The county’s rolling positivity rate dropped from 5.2% to 4.2%. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Local health officials Monday reported 124 new cases of coronavirus from o...
May 03, 2021
Farmer’s market returns to Downtown Bloomington
The market runs outdoors from seven-thirty in the morning to noon every Saturday until the end of October. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – Bloomingto...
May 02, 2021
Mwilambwe be sworn in Saturday as Bloomington’s mayor, Normal and Peoria leaders take their oaths next week
Mboka Mwilambwe will be sworn in as the first person-of-color to lead the city. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – History will be made in Bloomington Sat...
May 01, 2021
