Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Businesses filling up space in Uptown Normal
Several businesses made announcements Monday about setting up shop in Uptown Normal. (Photos courtesy Farnsworth Group, Bush Construction, Town of Normal) By Neil Doyle and Howard PackowitzNORMAL...
Mar 18, 2019
Attorney: Price too high for Whalen’s release, McLean County needs bail reform
Exoneration Project lawyers Tara Thompson (left) and Elliot Slosar (center) seen here with Donald Whalen’s mother Coleen Whalen. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMING...
Mar 18, 2019
Saturday scoreboard: Redbird women eliminated in MVC semifinals
Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric LapanWomen’s College Basketball–Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Moline–Drake 65, Illinois S...
Mar 16, 2019
Tobacco 21 bill passed by Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate passed Tobacoo 21 legislation Thursday, it now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. (Photo courtesy Flickr/uzi978) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Just two days after the I...
Mar 14, 2019
Pharmacists rally in Springfield
Pharmacists gathered in Springfield Wednesday including Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) at mic and House Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago) (foreground, back to camera). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By ...
Mar 14, 2019
NPD: Two arrested for beating and robbery
Normal Police have arrested two people for a Tuesday night beating and robbery on E. College Ave. (Photo Google Maps) By Howard PackowitzNORMAL – McLean County prosecutors Wednesday filed c...
Mar 13, 2019
Renner: Gas tax needed to help improve roads
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said a local gas tax hike is needed in order to keep up with road improvements. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner want...
Mar 13, 2019
Illinois lawmakers introduce ‘March to Mental Health’
State Sens. Michael Hastings (D-Tinley Park) and Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) introduced "March to Mental Health.” (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A "March to Mental Health" ...
Mar 13, 2019
Trailblazing girls join first all-female Boy Scouts troop in Twin-Cities
Scoutmaster Jo Litwiller and the first local all-female troop of Scouts BSA recite the scout’s oath. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Some girls...
Mar 13, 2019
SUV crash into Vermilion River leaves two people hospitalized
Illinois State Police said two people were rescued from an SUV after driving off I-55 near Pontiac into the Vermilion River. (Katherine Murphy/WJBC) By Neil DoylePONTIAC – A child is in cri...
Mar 11, 2019
