Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Normal Town Council votes to pass new fire station location, expand Rivian property
Fire Station 2 will be built at the northeast corner of Hershey and Shepard Roads and will replace the fire station at College Avenue and Blair Drive. The relocation of the fire station is the second ...
Aug 21, 2024
Senior leader at Rivian leaving company for new job at Stellantis
Tim Fallon. (Scott Miller/WJBC)By WJBC StaffNORMAL – A senior leader at Rivian Automotive is leaving the company to join another car manufacturer.Rivian's vice president of manufacturing operati...
Aug 21, 2024
Multiple Illinois KFC fast-food locations suddenly shut down, implement mass layoffs
In the Champaign, two locations were shut down. In the Champaign and Decatur areas, about four locations have also closed this week, including those in Mattoon and Clinton. (Photo courtesy: KFC/Facebo...
Aug 20, 2024
As DNC opens in Chicago, state leaders tout Illinois as a ‘model of Democratic success’
Gov. JB Pritzker opens the Illinois delegation’s Monday breakfast at the Democratic National Convention. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)Pritzker speaks to delegation, visits other ...
Aug 20, 2024
Illinois corn and soybean progress in this week’s USDA crop report
Soybeans blooming reached 96 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 95 percent. Soybeans setting pods reached 89 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 79 percent. (WJBC file photo)By USDASPRI...
Aug 20, 2024
One person wounded as Bloomington Police probe pair of shots fired incidents over the weekend
Anyone with information should contact Bloomington Police. (WJBC File Photo)By Jake FogalBLOOMINGTON -The Bloomington Police Department is investigating two shots fired incidents that happened over th...
Aug 19, 2024
Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch visits White House
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Hillside). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The speaker of the Illinois House was in the Oval Office Friday, when President Biden declar...
Aug 19, 2024
Special Olympics Illinois hosts annual state tennis tournament
Dozens of athletes and their families came from all over the state to compete for gold.(Photo courtesy WMBD-TV)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – Special Olympics Illinois hosted its annual two-day state t...
Aug 19, 2024
Winner of Top Chef coming to Bloomington’s Epiphany Farms
After coming out as the Top Chef back in 2007, Huynh went on to serve as the executive chef at New York City’s Catch, The General, and Catch Miami. (Photo courtesy: Epiphany Farms/Facebook)By Ja...
Aug 16, 2024
Civil rights lawsuit filed by ISU protestors lands in federal court
Hovey Hall has a long history of being the site of protests and First Amendment activity, they claim in court records. (Flickr)By WMBD-TVPEORIA – A lawsuit filed in May by Illinois State Univers...
Aug 16, 2024
