Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Normal council to consider raising purchase age for tobacco and vaping to 21
The Normal Town Council will consider raising the age to buy smoking and vaping materials and implementing a tax on short-term rentals similar to the local hotel-motel tax. (WJBC file photo)By Greg Ha...
Nov 16, 2018
Unit 5 teachers union head publicly slams administrators
Lindsey Dickinson, President of the Unit Five Education Association, at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzNORMAL – The head o...
Nov 15, 2018
Cable hunting show host from East Peoria faces federal deer poaching charges
Cable TV show host Christopher Brackett, 41, of East Peoria, was indicted Thursday on federal deer poaching charges. (Photo from Youtube/Outdoor Channel) By Howard PackowitzPEORIA – A promi...
Nov 15, 2018
Immigration-related bill the Governor vetoed is headed for an override
The VOICES Act, protecting the undocumented who want to report crimes to the police, is a House vote away from becoming law. (Dave Dahl) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Speaking from a wheelch...
Nov 14, 2018
Website ranks Illinois at No. 21 of best states to live
Jeffrey Brown, a former senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and dean of the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said education ofte...
Nov 14, 2018
YWCA McLean County awarded grant to help women previously in jail
The federal grant comes from the Second Chance Act program funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s office. (Logo Courtesy YWCA) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A McL...
Nov 14, 2018
Sterigenics plant under discussion in Springfield
Jeanne Hochhalter of Naperville, formerly of Burr Ridge, is a cancer survivor who told her story to a Senate panel Wednesday morning. (Dave Dahl) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A sterilizatio...
Nov 14, 2018
City to buy new Zamboni for downtown arena ice
A picture of the Zamboni from a staff report to the Bloomington City Council.(Photo from City of Bloomington.) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A new Zamboni will soon resurface the ice ...
Nov 14, 2018
Harmony Park plan wins council backing, east side playground seen as inclusive for kids of all abilities
The Harmony Park playground on Hershey Road will enable kids with and without disabilities to play together. It’s the first inclusive playground in Bloomington-Normal. (from harmonyparkproject.o...
Nov 14, 2018
Green Top survives as co-op owners come through with much-needed cash
Local Green Top Grocery owners raised the needed $300,000 by Monday’s deadline to maintain cash flow, allowing the co-op to stay in business. (File photo) By Katherine Murphy and Howard P...
Nov 13, 2018
