Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories

Special discussion to be held next week on Bloomington budget deficit
(Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaBLOOMINGTON – A special round-table discussion will be held Wednesday morning with members of the Bloomington City Council regarding next year’s budget.Assist...
Syndicated Author Sep 25, 2015

Jury now has Davis-Dickson case
Vetnam war veteran Ronald Smith was killed 30 days after being beaten. (Photos courtesy McLean County Jail)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – The murder trial of a man accused in the beating death of a...
Syndicated Author Sep 25, 2015

Time short for those wishing to replace Lahood in Illinois Senate
(WJBC file photo)By Will StevensonSPRINGFIELD – Time is limited for any Republican who wants to replace now-Congressman Darin LaHood as a State Senator.It starts online at www.applyforsenate37.c...
Syndicated Author Sep 25, 2015

Camp out brings awareness to homeless problem
A homeless camp out is planned to bring awareness to the problem. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – You will see some tents set up in the parking lot of the Salvation Army of McLean C...
Syndicated Author Sep 25, 2015

Harmon calls for passage of clean jobs bill following Pope’s speech
(Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Illinois politicians and religious leaders believe the Pope's message to Congress on climate change should be answere...
Syndicated Author Sep 24, 2015

Economic Development Council presents snapshot into area’s economy
Aimee Ingalls with the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council presents “Bloomington-Normal By The Numbers” at the ISU Alumni Center Thursday. (Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Joe RagusaNORMAL ...
Syndicated Author Sep 24, 2015

Bloomington man pleads guilty to fatal DUI
Cameron Embry will serve no more than 10 years in prison as a result of his plea deal. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to ...
Syndicated Author Sep 24, 2015

Congress members call Pope’s speech ‘special,’ ‘energizing’
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Raffaele Esposito)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The Pope’s speech to a joint session of Congress today (Thursday) is being called special and energizing by those w...
Syndicated Author Sep 24, 2015

Time to get vaccinated for the flu
Flu shots are being promoted by the Illinois Department of Public Health. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/flickr)By IRN/Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Somewhere between back-to-school and h...
Syndicated Author Sep 23, 2015

Co-defendant says Davis-Dickson involved in homeless man beating death
Willie Chambers (left) took the stand Wednesday in Anthony Davis-Dickson’s (right) murder trial. (Photos courtesy McLean County Jail)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – Jurors for the murder t...
Syndicated Author Sep 23, 2015