Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Bloomington Fire Chief Eric West to retire at year’s end
Bloomington Fire Department Chief Eric West. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – After a more than 30-year career, Bloomington Fire’s top leader is retiring in...
Sep 09, 2023
Heartland Community College student enrollment close to pre-Covid numbers
Spokesperson Steve Fast said this is the second year in a row of having the most diverse student body in Heartland's history. (Photo courtesy Heartland Community College)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – Heart...
Sep 08, 2023
Normal approves contract to build new fire station
Normal Fire Chief Mick Humer said they hope to break ground in spring 2024. (Facebook/Normal Fire Department)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – On Tuesday, Normal Town Council approved a contract with Core Cons...
Sep 08, 2023
Midwest Food Bank starts campaign to end child hunger
The back-to-school program will also help kids in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. (Facebook/Midwest Food Bank)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – A new back-to-school campaign to eliminate childhood...
Aug 31, 2023
Tazewell, Woodford Animal Controls to consider collaboration
Tazewell and Woodford counties are looking at possibly uniting with a plan that will help both counties. (Photo Flickr/EveProkop)By WMBD-TVTAZEWELL COUNTY – Two Central Illinois counties may ent...
Aug 31, 2023
David Zimmerman to retire from Tazewell County Board
Zimmerman was appointed to the board in 1997 and elected as the chair in 2008. (Photo Courtesy of WMBD-TV)By WMBD-TVTAZEWELL COUNTY – The chairman of the Tazewell County Board announced his plan...
Aug 30, 2023
Heyworth school board reduces class sizes to focus on literacy
The district said it will be collecting data over the next three years to see if it is working. (WJBC/File Photo)By WMBD-TVHEYWORTH – Heyworth's school board approved a reduction of class sizes ...
Aug 30, 2023
Illinois’ two major cash crops are progressing right around average
Soybeans setting pods reached 88 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 90 percent. (WJBC file photo)By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 6.5 days suitable for field work during the week ending A...
Aug 29, 2023
17-year-old arrested in Normal for fatal shooting of Havana man over the weekend
Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said there are no other suspects at this time. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVPEORIA – A 17-year-old boy was arrested Monday night in connection with a fatal shoo...
Aug 29, 2023
Former Bloomington Mayor Jesse Smart dies
Smart served as the Mayor of Bloomington for 12-years. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington) By WMBD BLOOMINGTON – The former three-term mayor of Bloomington Jesse Smart has died at 84 as confir...
Aug 28, 2023
