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Nothing prepares you for your day like Bloomington-Normal’s number one morning show. Scott Laughlin and Colleen Reynolds talk to the newsmakers and take your calls and emails, while Eric, Stephanie, Carrie and the full WJBC news team keep you informed. Mornings with Scott Laughlin on WJBC – it’s what’s happening in Central Illinois.
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M-F 5:00 am - 9:00 am
Dean Plumadore talks Tech with Scott Laughlin every other Friday morning at 7:10. (Plumadore photo) Google’s Safari tracking just programming mistake?
5 days ago
WJBC tech expert Dean Plumadore says Google and other ad companies that have been using special code to sidestep privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser could have simply made a programming glitch
All you can eat pancakes and sausage at Pancake Days this weekend at the BCPA (Photo courtesy Bloomington Kiwanis) Pancake Days highlights ‘What’s Going On’ this weekend
5 days ago
OSF St. Joseph Foundation World Tour – Friday 6-8:30 p.m. Eastland Medical Plaza I, Bloomington ; more info
Bloomington Kiwanis Pancake Days – Saturday-Sunday 7:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts; more info
Illinois Elementary School Association Chess State Finals – Friday – Saturday; U.S. Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington; more info
Coach Brock Spack says "There is no 'family' in football". His son Brent will be a Redbird next year. (WJBC photo) Spack says coaching his son could be a challenge
6 days ago
Illinois State University football coach Brock Spack says he had concerns about recruiting his son to play defense for the Redbirds, but he says Brent will be treated like any other player.
In fact, Spack says he's already told his son that he'll have to be better than the rest because all eyes will be on him
Challenger Learning Center offers classes for kids during Spring break
6 days ago
The Challenger Learning Center on the Heartland Community College campus will be offering one-day classes the last week of the month, during Unit Five and District's 87's Spring break.
The classes are for children as young as kindergarten through middle school
The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts hosts Pancake Days Saturday and Sunday. (WJBC file photo) Bloomington Kiwanis Pancake Days this weekend
1 week ago
Bloomington Kiwanis Pancake Days has been a tradition since 1951. The club holds this event annually in late February serving pancakes and sausage to over 3,000 people.
Pancake Days was expanded about 10 years ago to include a book fair, selling children’s books through the Scholastic Books organization.
Dr. John Wieland is a general surgeon in Bloomington. (WJBC photo) Link found between Vitamin D and depression
2 weeks ago
WJBC Medical Expert Dr. John Wieland says a British study of 12,000 patients found a link between low Vitamin D levels and depression.
Wieland explains another study contradicted the British study but he believes there's enough of a correlation that he suggests with patients who have major depression, doctors should screen for a Vitamin D deficiency
The Bloomington Blaze play two games this weekend at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Blaze) 
Three different barbershop quartets from the Sound of Illinois Chorus will be performing Singing Valentines for sweethearts throughout McLean County this Monday and Tuesday (Photo courtesy SOIC) Barbershoppers offering Singing Valentines
2 weeks ago
The Sounds of Illinois Barbershop Chorus continue their Valentine's Day tradition of offering singing valentines next Monday and Tuesday for $50.
The group is offering a barbershop quartet dressed in tuxedos to sing two love songs, plus a personalized Valentine card, a rose and a gift of either chocolates or a candle. The money raised will support travel expenses for an upcoming competition in Oregon. Below are a couple of samples of what they can do for your sweetheart.
Before her passing on January 24, 2009, after facing her 3rd bout with breast cancer, legendary women’s basketball coach at North Carolina State, Kay Yow united thousands in the fight against women’s cancers with the formation of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. (photo courtesy of NCSU) Illinois State coach Glance remembers Kay Yow
2 weeks ago
Illinois State University women's basketball coach Stephanie Glance says she's excited to be a part of the "Play for Kay" effort this Sunday honoring her mentor, former North Carolina State coach Kay Yow.
Yow, before her death, united thousands in the fight against women's cancers by forming her cancer fund.
An Apple iPad is used to view Netflix during the Netflix UK launch in London, England, on Jan. 9, 2012. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Netflix) WJBC’s tech expert compares iPad with Fire
3 weeks ago
Tech expert Dean Plumadore says the iPad is faster, has more storage and is generic enough to be used as a Barnes and Noble Nook, Kindle Fire or an iBook reader for Apple products.
The Fire only allows access to the Amazon shopping ecosystem and Netflix but it’s a third of the cost of the iPad
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