By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – With the ongoing environmental cleanup at the Nicor Bloomington Gas Manufactured Gas Plant on Washington Street the City of Bloomington is aware the prolonged street closure in the area is an inconvenience to many. It was discovered that Washington Street’s underlying soils may no longer be stable. Therefore, Washington Street…… MORE
By Jake Fogal BLOOMINGTON – Illinois gas prices have fallen nearly 15 cents over this past week, averaging $4.14 a gallon. According to GasBuddy’s daily survey of over 43-hundred stations in Illinois, prices in the state are 20.6 cents lower than a month ago. The cheapest station in Illinois is priced at $3.32 while the…… MORE
State Rep. Dan Caulkins (pictured) (R-Decatur) is not happy about reports pointing to State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) as the new leader of the Illinois House Republican caucus. McCombie herself Friday texted WJBC News, “I have the majority of votes.”… MORE
WJBC News has confirmed that State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) and State Sen. John Curran (R-Downers Grove) have enough votes to win Tuesday’s leadership elections.… MORE
The turnstiles continue to spin at the Capitol, even though the election’s over.… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – A woman is hospitalized with very serious injuries after a man stabbed her Thursday night on Bloomington’s east side, a police lieutenant said. The woman suffered “multiple” stab wounds about 9:25 p.m. in an apartment in the 2100 block of Todd Drive, near East Empire Street, the lieutenant also said.…… MORE
The driver and passenger of a semi were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Fulton County at 9:24 a.m. Thursday.… MORE
McLean County’s YWCA is launching a new program to help women who have experienced incarceration.… MORE
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help identifying three people who allegedly stole from a Bloomington store.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – For Republicans in Illinois and nationally, the question about election night is: where did we go wrong? Illinois GOP chairman Don Tracy is among those reviewing the game films. He says in the year and a half he has been on the job, he has learned change comes slowly. “It…… 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…