Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
‘Organized chaos’ underway at Portillo’s in Normal
Portillo’s founder Dick Portillo in Normal last week greeted guests attending a sneak preview. Portillo doubts the restaurant in Normal will set sales records for the first week. That honor goes...
Aug 16, 2017
Jury returns guilty verdict in local bank fraud case
Reginald Cooper faces sentencing Aug. 25. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A McLean County jury has found a man guilty of running a bank fraud scam in Blooming...
Aug 15, 2017
Mellor seeks reduced sentence for murder
Sarah Mellor was sentenced in July to eight years in prison for second-degree murder. (Photo courtesy Illinois Department of Corrections) By Eric Stock EUREKA – A Bloomington woman who is servin...
Aug 15, 2017
Local woman leads pro-police rally in Bloomington, draws counter protest
Regina Noland organized a Blue Lives Matter rally outside Bloomington City Hall on Monday. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A local woman staged what she called...
Aug 15, 2017
Council slams Renner aide proposal
The Bloomington City Council largely rebuked Mayor Tari Renner’s proposal for a full-time aide. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington aldermen gave...
Aug 15, 2017
Japan trip spending allegations irk Bloomington’s mayor
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner (left) said it’s a “absolute, total lie” that the city improperly booked his girlfriend’s trip to Japan with a government credit card. Renn...
Aug 15, 2017
Teenager hurt in a hit and run crash in southwest Bloomington
Bloomington Police are investigating a hit and run accident Monday night on the city’s southwest side that injured a teenage bicyclist. Police are looking for the driver of a white-colore...
Aug 15, 2017
Two victims from weekend crash identified
Two men who were killed in a single vehicle crash Saturday near Pontiac have been identified. (WJBC File Photo) By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News PONTIAC – A single vehicle accident in the early morning...
Aug 14, 2017
Advocacy group calls for boycott of pro-police rally
A rally in support of the Bloomington Police Department is scheduled for this afternoon outside city hall, but the local Black Lives Matter group is asking the public to boycott the event. (WJBC file ...
Aug 14, 2017
Southern Illinois as ready as it can be for next week’s eclipse
If you don’t have a place to stay and a plan for the southern Illinois eclipse, you may be out of luck. (Photo courtesy Pixabay) By Illinois Radio Network CARBONDALE – There’s not re...
Aug 14, 2017
