Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories

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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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 ...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author Sep 08, 2016

Some workers transferring out of Clinton nuke plant
Nuke plants in Clinton and the Quad-Cities operated at near capacity in June, July, and August. (WJBC file photo)By Terry JamesCLINTON – Even with a bill pending in the Illinois Legislature, Exe...
Syndicated Author Sep 07, 2016

History comes alive at cemetery walk
John Bowen portrays Captain Christian Riebsame in a prior year of the Evergreen Cemetery Walk. (Photo courtesy McLean County Museum of History)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – Tickets went on sale th...
Syndicated Author Sep 07, 2016



