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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One BP service station in Bloomington and Road Ranger stations in McLean and Minonk are also getting state funding to install EV charging stations.
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According to a statement District 87 officials released to families, the lockdown was “out of an abundance of caution due to a received report implying a potential security concern.”
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Doug Collins, the most decorated athlete in ISU history, was a three-time All-American and 1972 Olympian. He remains the Redbirds’ all-time leader in multiple categories, including career and single-season scoring,
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McLean County State's Attorney Erika Reynolds said the Pretrial Fairness Act [PFA], which took effect last September as part of a sweeping criminal justice reform law, takes away too much discretion from prosecutors and judges to decide which defendants should remain in custody while awaiting trial.
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According to a news release from the Bloomington Fire Department, crews were called to the home at 515 E. Chestnut St. shortly after 3 p.m. Public information officer Frank Friend said crews reported fire on the first two floors and the third-floor attic.
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State investigators are trying to determine whether a hazardous spill near the McLean-Livingston county line led to a large fish kill on a 20-mile stretch of Rooks Creek.
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Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said the city of Decatur approached him “unexpectedly” about coming back, adding he pursued job in the Phoenix, Arizona area where he has family, but that fell through after he was named a finalist.
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The Bloomington-Normal labor market added 1,400 jobs over the last year, but the unemployment rate still rose to more than 4%.
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Democratic state Rep. Sharon Chung hopes to address the Illinois' teacher shortage by joining the newly-formed Teacher Shortage Working Group.
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Jill Hutchison was a pioneer for women's college sports, starting at a time when they were an afterthought at best, and at worst, were assumed to be unsafe.