Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Unit 5 releases plan for in-person learning
Families will choose between keeping kids home or a return to the classroom (Photo courtesy: WJBC/ File)By Neil DoyleNORMAL – Unit 5 plans to have students return to in-person learning in a hybr...
Sep 24, 2020
District 87 sees late October return for some elementary students
District 87 is still working out details for the return of junior high and high school students. (WJBC file photo) By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Some of the youngest children in District 87 wi...
Sep 24, 2020
MCHD reports 2 COVID-related deaths
There have been 22 COVID-related deaths in McLean County. (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Health Department Thursday reported two COVID-related deaths, bri...
Sep 24, 2020
MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin announces retirement
Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin. (Facebook/Missouri Valley Conference) By Neil Doyle ST LOUIS – The longest serving commissioner in Missouri Valley Conference history a...
Sep 23, 2020
Two workers rescued from malfunctioning scaffolding at State Farm
Two workers got stuck Wednesday morning while working on scaffolding at State Farm’s headquarters in Bloomington. (Blake Haas/WJBC) By Blake Haas and Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Fire c...
Sep 23, 2020
Expiration dates for Illinois driver’s licenses and ID cards once again extended
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White. (Faecbook/Jesse White) By Neil Doyle SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Wednesday announced that expiration dates for driver...
Sep 23, 2020
Gov. Pritzker says he will make the cannabis license process fairer
Illinois' recreational cannabis program is supposed to involve minority businesspeople. (Photo courtesy: Neil Doyle/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Reacting to an outcry over the awarding of ca...
Sep 23, 2020
Stephen Douglas and Pierre Menard are about to be marched off the Capitol grounds
Andrea Aggertt, the architect of the Capitol, tries to put into perspective the reasons for removing two statues – those of slaveholders Pierre Menard and Stephen Douglas – from the ground...
Sep 23, 2020
McLean County adds 24 new COVID cases; 2 more in the hospital
There are 2,937 people who have recovered from the virus, according to MCHD. (Graphic courtesy McLean County Health Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – McLean County health officials ...
Sep 23, 2020
Blackhawks number one in license plate program
So far, 19,514 Chicago Blackhawks plates have been sold. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Here come the Hawks! Chicago's National Hockey League franchise was not a big winner ...
Sep 22, 2020
