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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Eighth grade social studies teacher Brandon Knapp has been placed on paid administrative leave. -
According to Bloomington Police, officers were called to the 400 block of West Graham Street at 10:46 p.m. after a caller reported hearing gunshots fired in the area. -
A long-term substitute teacher has been assigned to a seventh grade classroom in Normal following a soft lockdown as police executed a search last week. -
Mark Jontry is stepping down 14 months earlier than expected, likely paving the way for his successor to take office sooner. He's the regional superintendent of schools for McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties. -
A Lexington area farmer says Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the Trump administration's tariff policies will provide long-term benefit but more short-term uncertainty. -
The family of the 16-year-old Bloomington girl who died last week remember her as a loving and caring person. Aunt Sarah Kletz says her Mariah Kletz was her "forever best friend." -
The new director will need to pick up the responsibilities including managing the department, its programs, budgets, large-scale initiatives and public engagement. -
Ha pasado casi un año desde que el Bloomington Police Department [BPD] se unió al grupo de trabajo de Inteligencia contra Delitos Violentos de la Illinois State Police. -
The head of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP said the Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy lives on in getting young people engaged in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Normal Police said the shooting was reported at 12:58 a.m. at The Flats at ISU, 709 S. Main St. One person was shot and was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life threatening.
