By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Average gasoline prices in Illinois are unchanged over the last week, averaging $4.58 a gallon, according to GasBuddy. While gas prices remained the same over the week, GasBuddy says prices are 91 cents higher than a month ago and $1.58 more expensive than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price…… MORE
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that expiration dates for driver’s licenses, ID cards and learner’s permits are being extended until July 31. This extension does not apply to commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) and CDL learner’s permits, according to a news release. Customers who must visit a facility include…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – State Farm is planning for a new airport hangar in the Twin Cities to accommodate its corporate traveling, costing an estimated $21.5 million dollars, according to plans filed with local airport and the City of Bloomington. State Farm’s current hangar was built in 1999, with some sections dating back to…… MORE
March is Women’s History Month, and a Illinois State University Professor is looking back on history.… MORE
Scott Miller shares his favorite parts of his recent trip to Mexico!… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON-Governor JB Pritzker is touting his Family Relief Plan since his annual budget address on Wednesday. Thanks to a $1.7 billion surplus in the current state budget, he’s proposing one billion dollars in tax breaks for Illinois residents. One of those tax breaks is a one year suspension of the state tax…… MORE
A Bloomington Police Vice Unit probe led to the arrest of a repeat drug offender from McLean County accused of cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Once again in Illinois, a major candidate for governor has to introduce himself to most of the state. The mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, has some challenges, according to University of Illinois Springfield political science professor Kent Redfield. “He has to present himself in a way that makes it look…… MORE
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Siddharth Bhumpelli, a sophomore at Normal Community High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. According to a Unit 5 social media post, in 2021 only 4,055 out of 1.29 million students who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36. That is less than…… MORE
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington is offering free admission to all visitors on Monday, Jan. 17 to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. As part of the McLean County Historical Society’s vision to be an essential element in the cultural and educational fabric of the region, the museum seeks…… 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…