District 87 administrators believe property taxes will be flat to a little bit lower even as they expect to collect more from landowners for the next school year.… MORE
Category Archives: Local News
Kitchen fire damages northwest Normal apartment
The American Red Cross came to the aid of a woman whose apartment in northwest Normal was damaged by fire Tuesday night.… MORE
Assistant City Manager Rasmussen steps down
The partnership between new Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason and his top assistant, who once sought Gleason’s job, has come to an end after just a few months.… MORE
Council okays west side job training center, zoo upgrades
A century old building on Bloomington’s west side will be used as a job training site for women.… MORE
Bloomington council calls for ‘pension spiking’ crackdown
New Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said an ordinance unanimously passed by the city council Monday night requires him to curb “pension spiking” for retiring city workers that costs taxpayers millions of dollars.… MORE
Tazewell County Deputy recognized as hero
National Teen Safe Driving Week starts Sunday as this week and every week, parents should have conversations with their teens about the important rules they need to follow to stay safe behind the wheel.… MORE
BPD search for missing teen
The Bloomington Police Department is seeking help from the public in locating a missing juvenile.… MORE
Shots fired early Saturday morning in Normal
The sound of gunshots were heard early Saturday morning in the 800 block of South Fell Avenue in Normal.… MORE
UPDATED: Prosecutor says Facebook user knew LeRoy girl he was soliciting for sex was only 11
A man reportedly told LeRoy Police he was drunk, and it was stupid for him to communicate with an 11-year old girl he knew on the Facebook Messenger application to lure her into having sex.… MORE
Bail boosted for Riley Drive triple murder suspect
A McLean County judge raised the bond Friday for accused triple murderer Sydney Mays.… MORE
Blogs
WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud
At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.
WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise
On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.
WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress
One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.
WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers
By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…