Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Veto override possible on police pension bill
Police pension bill has been vetoed.(WJBC file photo)By IRN/Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Everybody’s for police officers and fire fighters. Aren’t they? Gov. Bruce Rauner has said he is fo...
Aug 27, 2015
Mitsubishi and UAW agree to one-month contract extension
(WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its contract with United Auto Workers Local 2488 has been extended a month.The current contract expires at midnight Th...
Aug 27, 2015
Unemployment falls in Bloomington-Normal again in July
(Logo courtesy Illinois Department of Employment Security)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington-Normal continues to have the lowest unemployment rate of any metro area in the state.The Illinois...
Aug 27, 2015
New hotel opens doors in Normal
The new Hyatt Place Hotel will have a grand opening in September but is open for business now (Photo Courtesy bloomingtonnormal.place.hyatt.com)By Nick McClintockThose traveling to Normal or just want...
Aug 27, 2015
Hopkins spits on judge during arraignment for attempted murder charges
(Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A man accused of stabbing two people and beating another person in downtown Bloomington earlier this month spit at a judge during hi...
Aug 27, 2015
NPD officers receive life saving awards
The two officers received the awards for their reaction to an incident in mid-July. (Photo courtesy NPD)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Three officers with the Normal Police Department have been hono...
Aug 26, 2015
Attorneys asking state to fulfill order to pay for developmentally disabled services
(Photo by John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Attorneys asking the state to comply with an order to pay for services for the developmentally disab...
Aug 26, 2015
Rep. Brady ‘no strike’ bill a sign of mistrust
State Rep. Dan Brady voted against Senate Bill 1229. (WJBC file photo)By Eric StockSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the so-called ‘no strike, no lockout’ binding arbit...
Aug 26, 2015
BN Advantage aims to boost Bloomington-Normal’s attractiveness to investors
Members of BN Advantage meet with media at a luncheon Tuesday. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – Several organizations are partnering to lead an economic development initiative called ...
Aug 25, 2015
Bloomington hires firm to study shopping center TIF proposal
Bloomington city manager David Halessaid hiring an outside firm to do a TIF feasibility the study would better prepare the city for a legal challenge should there be one. (WJBC file photo)By Eric Stoc...
Aug 25, 2015
