The Bed Blitz is a community driven project sponsored by the WBRP Tool Library and Youth Build McLean County. The Bed Blitz program is a one-day event where volunteers come together to assemble bed frames for local children who are 4-18 years old in low income families. Through the Bed Blitz, local…… MORE
At a place where McLean County honors its history, Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner addressed a crowd demanding legislation aiming to end gun violence.… MORE
Old wounds have yet to be healed after a contentious local election last year.… MORE
Glenn Elementary School teacher Jonathon Hovey has been released on bond as he awaits trial for allegedly molesting two first graders who were in his class.… MORE
Elementary students across the Unit 5 school district had a chance to meet their teachers before classes started, but this time in a different environment.… MORE
Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner believes authorities, who investigated Glenn Elementary School teacher Jonathon Hovey 14-years ago for child molestation, would have charged him back then if they had sufficient evidence.… MORE
Walgreens will close 200 U.S. stores as part of a cost management plan, but it’s not known whether any Central Illinois pharmacies are on the closure list.… MORE
WJBC is teaming up with State Farm, My Loveable Angels and Canine Classic Spa and Resort to bring Pet Fest to the Corn Crib on Saturday, September 14th!… MORE
Illinois farmers are finding the weather has stabilized.… MORE
Illinois State University is joining many other schools around the country that offer alcohol sales at athletic events.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…