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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El Town of Normal (Pueblo de Normal) ha lanzado otro esfuerzo para ocupar una pieza de bienes raíces de primera en Uptown (el centro/área comercial). Primero, estuvo la propuesta de Trail East para un edificio de cinco pisos de uso mixto, luego se convirtió en cuatro pisos. Luego nunca sucedió. -
In a memo to the council, city staff says Bloomington will still lack sufficient shelter capacity this winter even with the addition of the shelter village that's under construction near Home Sweet Home Ministries. That’s expected to open in December. -
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the Trump administration's troop deployments to Chicago threaten the Republic and the U.S. Constitution. -
A student group at Illinois State University is honoring one of its former members — Chicago Police officer Aréanah Preston — who was shot to death in 2023. -
Normal Mayor Chris Koos said another developer is interested in the Uptown site, but the town's existing TIF district is too short term.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says he doesn't trust the Trump administration to only give legal orders to the troops. -
Mark Denzler, president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association, says many companies are deciding whether they can afford to absorb those costs or pass them on to their customers. -
The Bloomington Fire Department says the crash ignited a fire along the exterior wall of the building. It happened shortly before 4 a.m. -
The shift to more digital content is part of an industry trend as more newsrooms seek to cut printing and delivery costs while still connecting with readers who are increasingly online. -
All this week, WGLT has been showcasing some of the makers who have made Bloomington-Normal a manufacturing hub. It hasn't always been that way.
