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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
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...
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...
Sep 07, 2016
Fire crews contain fire on South Blair Drive in Normal
Officials were called at about 12:15 p.m. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiNORMAL – Fire crews from Bloomington and Normal worked to contain a blaze at 400 South Blair Drive in Normal ear...
Sep 07, 2016
Layoffs of state patronage hires becomes final
State Sen. Bill Brady applauds the layoffs of the final 29 patronage hires at the Illinois Department of Transportation. (WJBC file photo) By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD –...
Sep 07, 2016
Wetterling details emerge one year after stop in Normal
Patty Wetterling shared her story in Normal just one year ago. (Facebook/Jacob Wetterling Resource Center) By Terry James NORMAL – One year ago, the mother of Minnesota’s Jacob Wetterling ...
Sep 07, 2016
Bloomington Police make 2nd arrest in armed robbery
Gregory Hightower (left) and Clifford Pugh are charged in an August robbery. (Photos courtesy McLean County Jail) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A second person has been arrested in connection with...
Sep 07, 2016
Singer Patti LaBelle to perform at MLK celebration in Peoria
Patti LaBelle will hold a concert at Peoria Civic Center on Jan. 16, 2017. (Photo courtesy Patti LaBelle publicity) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – Singer Patti LaBelle will be the featured speaker at th...
Sep 07, 2016
