Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
ISU, IWU partner for new Peace Corps prep program
A Peace Crops Prep launch event is planned for Bone Student Center at Illinois State University on Sept. 20. (Photo by Eric Stock/WJBC)By WJBC StaffNORMAL – Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan ...
Sep 09, 2016
First Student: Driver shortage is a national issue
First Student is actively recruiting. (Photo by see-ming lee/Flickr)By Terry JamesNORMAL – Many drivers for First Student, responsible for getting Unit 5 students to and from school, are calling...
Sep 09, 2016
Midwest Food Bank to serve Arizona
Midwest Food Bank has purchased a building in Arizona.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Midwest Food Bank) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – Midwest Food Bank is expanding into the Southwest. The company is a...
Sep 08, 2016
Parent: Trust is gone for Unit 5 and First Student
One parent shared his story of not knowing where his child was for two hours. (WJBC File Photo) By Terry James BLOOMINGTON – The father of a four year old in the Unit five school district said h...
Sep 08, 2016
Unit 5 superintendent: ‘This has to be solved’
Many Unit 5 buses were late on Thursday. (WJBC file photo) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – Unit 5’s busing problems continue. Superintendent Mark Daniel told WJBC’s Terry James First Stu...
Sep 08, 2016
EDC chief to attend U.S.-Japan economic conference
Kyle Ham, CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council, speaks during the annual Economic Outlook for McLean County at Illinois Wesleyan University in June 2015. (WJBC file photo) By Gre...
Sep 08, 2016
Mental health training at Illinois prisons to continue after fight at Pontiac
Six officers were injured in a fight at the Pontiac Correctional Center in August. (WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock SPRINGFIELD – The head of the Illinois Department of Corrections said training ...
Sep 08, 2016
Some Unit 5 buses delayed due to driver shortage
First Student had 14 drivers call in sick in Unit 5 this morning. (Photo courtesy flickr/flequi) By Eric Stock NORMAL – Many parents in Unit 5 have had to scramble to get their children to schoo...
Sep 08, 2016
McLean County faces shortfall for mental health funding
The McLean County Health Department is looking at a $200,000 deficit in mental health funding. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Sam Thomas BLOOMINGTON – McLean County is looking at ways to ful...
Sep 08, 2016
2 hospitalized in McLean County crash
Police say two drivers were hospitalized in a crash near Merna on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)By Eric StockMERNA – Two drivers were hospitalized in a crash south of Merna o...
Sep 08, 2016
