Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
AARP, other senior groups want graduated income tax to pass
The constitutional amendment to change Illinois' income tax from flat to graduated needs sixty percent of the vote to pass. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Seniors' organizati...
Oct 08, 2020
Bloomington bike rider seriously hurt in crash
Police said the man was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana for treatment of serious head injuries. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/FIle) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police...
Oct 08, 2020
Tuesday morning crash in Bloomington followed traffic stop with suspects fleeing from police
The car, Wamsley said Tuesday, clipped another vehicle and hit a tree when it was split in two. (Photo courtesy: News Happening in Bloomington Normal McLean Co Area and All Over/Facebook) BLOOMINGTON ...
Oct 08, 2020
Bloomington man in custody for bar fight; Victim in critical condition
Donald Westerfield, 58, of Bloomington. (Photo Bloomington Police Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A 46-year-old man is in critical condition after being punched in the head at a t...
Oct 08, 2020
Bloomington triple murder case set for trial in January
Sydney Mays. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – The attorney representing a man accused of a triple murder in the Twin-Cities two years ago told a judge ...
Oct 08, 2020
Judge sets bond for Bloomington man in felony domestic violence case
Allen Smith, 62, of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man accused of choking a woman and holding a knife to her neck remains ...
Oct 08, 2020
MCHD reports 24th COVID-related death
There are 11 people currently hospitalized, two in intensive care, and 184 are isolating at home. (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A man in his 80s with underlying health con...
Oct 08, 2020
State officials announce 2,630 new coronavirus cases
Gov. JB Pritzker gives an update on COVID-19 virtually.. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday celebrated a milestone in Illinois' fight against coronavir...
Oct 07, 2020
MCHD reports 4 new coronavirus cases; 1 more hospitalized
A mobile COVID-19 testing site will be in Heyworth from 9 a.m. until noon on Thursday. (Facebook/McLean County Health Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s rolling po...
Oct 07, 2020
Second bird in McLean County tests positive for West Nile
As of Tuesday, McLean County is one of 22 counties in Illinois with confirmed West Nile activity. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A second bird in McLean County has tested posi...
Oct 06, 2020
