Eric Stock
News DirectorEric Stock is WGLT's News Director.
Eric worked at WJBC (Radio Bloomington) from 2004-2018 as a reporter, anchor, assignment editor, and sports director. Stock follows in the footsteps of Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker and retired News Director Willis Kern in moving from Radio Bloomington’s WJBC to WGLT.
Eric's community involvement includes the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and serving as a McLean County 4-H Judge. He is also a Bloomington-Normal Area Sports Commission member and broadcasts play-by-play sports at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Contact Eric at ejstoc1@ilstu.edu.
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The staffer joins dozens of people across the country whose social media posts about Kirk have put their jobs in jeopardy. McLean County Nursing Home Administrator Tim Wiley posted on social media Saturday. but didn’t say what disciplinary action was taken against the employee. -
Abby Tighe was fired from her "dream" job in overdose prevention at the Centers for Disease Control in February. That's when the Trump administration fired all probationary workers at the health agency. -
Steve Vogel made a career out of telling other people's stories. Now he's telling his. -
The Republican and Democratic party organizations in McLean County issued statements Wednesday, condemning the fatal shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — five months after his visit drew a large crowd at Illinois State University. -
Illinois State University ha establecido un récord de matriculación por cuarto año consecutivo, según las cifras oficiales publicadas el jueves de el semestre de otoño de 2025. -
Departamentos de policía del condado de McLean que utilizan cámaras automáticas de lectura de placas (ALPR, por sus siglas en inglés) afirman que ninguno de sus datos ha sido compartido con agentes federales de inmigración. -
Police departments in McLean County that use automatic license plate reading cameras [ALPRs] say none of their data has been shared with federal immigration officers. This comes after Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said camera company Flock shared data with those federal agencies.
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State Farm ha informado a sus empleados de un nuevo programa de salida voluntaria. -
Rivian isn't saying how many employees at the Normal plant will be affected, but a source familiar with the matter tells WGLT nine jobs are being cut in Normal. -
Illinois State University has set an enrollment record for the fourth year in a row, according to officials figures released Thursday for the fall 2025 semester.
