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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 Bloomington-Normal labor market, which includes McLean and DeWitt counties, added 900 jobs over the last year.
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Many Illinois Democrats say they are trying to coalesce rapidly around Vice President Kamala Harris as the new nominee for president following Joe Biden's decision to get exit the race. Republicans say they see an opportunity.
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Patrick Cortesi, head of McLean County Democrats, says he’s saddened by President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, but adding it’s also the right move to give Democrats the best chance to win in November.
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Democrats hold supermajorities in both chambers in the Illinois legislature. They also occupy the governor's office, all statewide offices and 14 of 17 congressional seats.
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Prosecutors say Dewon Griffin, who is now 24, was arrested in January 2020 while hiding in a makeshift crawlspace at a Bloomington residence. He was charged in the fatal shooting of Tariq Houston, 17, of Springfield, at an apartment complex in northwest Normal.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos said Monday he plans to run for what will be his sixth four-year term, in the April 2025 consolidated election.
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According to NPR, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that shots were fired at Trump during the rally and there was no update on the former president’s condition.
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The Normal Fire Department said no injuries were reported to the occupant or to firefighters in the fire in the 300 block of Highland Avenue, a cat died of smoke inhalation. The occupant’s three dogs escaped safely.
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The federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity [RAISE] grant program has approved $675,000 to plan and design the final nine miles of the 47-mile trail.
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McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane says corrections officer Samantha Beck, 22, of Bloomington, was fired on Tuesday after the department investigated the matter.