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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A St. Louis Cardinals outfielder urges young athletes to play multiple sports to improve their chances to make it to the pros. Michael Siani rejects the current trend of specialization throughout youth sports. -
Republican state Rep. Dennis Tipsword, who represents parts of rural Bloomington-Normal in the 105th House District, will head to Washington, D.C., for Inauguration Day on Monday. -
Plans for the new Rivian plant outside Atlanta had stalled before the federal government provided the help following an agreement that company officials say was over two years in the making. -
Gov. JB Pritzker says his administration is fighting to make sure federal help promised to Rivian and other electric vehicle makers doesn't go away when Donald Trump returns to the White House. -
Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, who represents parts of Bloomington-Normal, is set to begin his second term in Washington. The second term is likely to look much different under the incoming Trump administration. -
Jared Williamson succeeds Norm Eash, who guided the Titans for 38 seasons. Williamson becomes only the program’s third head coach in 71 years. -
WGLT took the pulse of people in Bloomington-Normal about what they want to see and do in 2025. -
Elected leaders in Illinois are mourning the death of former President Jimmy Carter and reflecting on the life of the humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner. -
Bloomberg News reports Rivian and the UAW have a confidential agreement for the company to take a neutral position on efforts to bring union representation to its plant in Normal. -
Bloomington-Normal has seen an increase in homegrown musical acts in recent years, but the number of performance spaces in the community keeps dropping. A live music venue that opened to great fanfare in downtown Bloomington in 2018 will be live one last time this weekend.
