Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Heartland offers new agriculture courses
Heartland Community College is offering new “face-to-face” agriculture courses this fall. (WJBC file photo)By Joe RagusaNORMAL – Heartland Community College is offering new “fa...
Aug 08, 2015
Bloomington engineers receive top honors
Kevin Kothe has been with the city 24 years. Robert Yehl started with Bloomington in 2013. (WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – A pair of Bloomington Engineers recently received high...
Aug 08, 2015
Students urged to get vaccinated ahead of school year
Health officials say getting your child immunized before they are at risk for disease is key. (WJBC File Photo)By Andy DahnBLOOMINGTON – Back to school time is here and local health officials ar...
Aug 08, 2015
Lahood says the debate is on
Lahood says he will attend a televised debate with Rob Mellon later this month.(WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesPEORIA – Democratic Congressional Candidate Rob Mellon announced earlier this week t...
Aug 07, 2015
Man pleads guilty in homeless beating death
19 year old Willie Chambers is pleading guilty to the murder. (Courtesy McLean County Jail)By Terry JamesBLOOINGTON – One of the three men accused in the beating death of a homeless man in Bloom...
Aug 07, 2015
Bloomington seeks consultants to help with Hamilton Road extension
The City of Bloomington is looking for consultants to help with the extension of Hamilton Road between Bunn Street and Commerce Parkway. (Photo courtesy City of Bloomington)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON &#...
Aug 07, 2015
Right-to-life group protests Planned Parenthood
Protesters gathered Aug. 6 outside the Springfield Planned Parenthood office. (Photo by Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network)By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A group of Spr...
Aug 07, 2015
Illinois to allow right to try experimental drugs
State Sen. Michael Connelly said the “Right to Try” law which he sponsored will allow terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs, skipping an approval process which may take year...
Aug 06, 2015
Rauner: No interest in lockout despite no progress in union talks
Gov. Bruce Rauner said he hopes to avoid a strike with the American Federation of County State and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, the state’s largest public employees union.(Photo courtesy IOCI...
Aug 06, 2015
Panel recommends keeping Illinois State Museum open
The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability met Aug. 5 in Springfield. (Photo by Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network)By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Membe...
Aug 06, 2015
