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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IATSE previously accused the organizer of violating its contract with the union and refusing to hire local stagehands, which the union argued created additional safety hazards. -
Gov. JB Pritzker named Doug Peterson, the director of AI strategy and implementation for Chicago-based pharmaceutical company AbbVie, to serve on ISU’s governing board. -
The City of Bloomington is proposing new regulations for massage parlors and adult entertainment venues amid reports that some operating in the city are not legitimate businesses. -
Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs as Champaign-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year. -
Compeer Financial of Bloomington is making the donation for the Children's Discovery Museum exhibit space called “From the Farm to a Healthy Me." -
Facebook parent Meta said Tuesday that it's signed a 20-year agreement to buy about 1.1 gigawatts of electricity from the Clinton nuclear power plant, starting in 2027, to support its "AI ambitions." The deal saves the closest nuclear plant to Bloomington-Normal from a possible closure. -
The McLean County treasurer’s office plans to mail updated tax bills next week to property owners in two school districts where tax rates were incorrectly calculated. -
McLean County Parks and Recreation staff has been trying to keep Canada Geese away from the beach at Comlara Park, to no avail. -
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed by the slimmest of margins in the U.S. House last week would make the 2017 federal tax cuts permanent. It also would make significant cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs. -
The Olympia School District wants McLean County to correct an error that could cost the district $1.5 million in tax revenue this year.
