Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Normal police investigate bank robbery
The credit union was robbed around 3:50 p.m. (WJBC file photo) By Terry James NORMAL – Police in Normal are on the lookout for a bank robber. Officers responded to a report of a robbery at the L...
Jul 28, 2016
Illinois seeking new manager for lottery
(WJBC file photo) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is ready to find a new private manager and supplier for the Illinois Lottery. Gov. Bruce Rauner said the previous a...
Jul 28, 2016
Unemployment up in Bloomington-Normal
Unemployment is up in Bloomington-Normal. (WJBC file photo) By Terry James Bloomington – Unemployment numbers for June are being reported by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Bloom...
Jul 28, 2016 (Photo courtesy: Getty images/file)
Illinois lawmakers 5th highest paid in the US
Illinois lawmakers receive a bay salary of nearly $68,000 per year. (WJBC file photo)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are among the highest paid in the c...
Jul 28, 2016
Blagojevich will appear at resentencing by video
Rod Blagojevich has served four years of his 14-year prison sentence. (WJBC file photo)By RFD Radio/WFMBSPRINGFIELD – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t be singing Sweet Home Chica...
Jul 28, 2016
ISU students learning politics in Philadelphia
Six ISU student ae attending theDemocratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week. (Photo by Patsy Bowles) By: Blake Haas NORMAL – College students have become a huge factor in the 2016 p...
Jul 27, 2016
BNAR: New construction sales showing improvement
(Photo courtesy Dan Moyle/flickr) By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – New construction home sales in the Twin Cities are starting to improve, after a slow first half of 2016. The latest numbers fro...
Jul 27, 2016
Researcher says delaying vendor payments hurts economy
By Illinois Radio Network CHICAGO- A delay in paying vendors could be directly impacting the state's economy. That's according to a researcher behind a new report from MIT and Harvard. A recent MIT Sl...
Jul 27, 2016
Illinois Farm Bureau opens 1961 time capsule
A new time capsule is being made to be opened in 2066. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiBLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Farm Bureau continued its 100th anniversary celebration yesterday by rev...
Jul 26, 2016
Couple charged after children found in moving tub
Samuel and Lapiera Watson posted $185 cash bond each and were released from the McLean County Jail. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – A Tennessee couple is charged w...
Jul 26, 2016
