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 added 1,400 jobs over the last year, but the unemployment rate still rose to more than 4%.
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Democratic state Rep. Sharon Chung hopes to address the Illinois' teacher shortage by joining the newly-formed Teacher Shortage Working Group.
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Jill Hutchison was a pioneer for women's college sports, starting at a time when they were an afterthought at best, and at worst, were assumed to be unsafe.
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Heartland Community College President Keith Cornille estimates the new center could attract as many as 300 more students starting in the fall.
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The situation has put a strain on Connect Transit, forcing the agency to rely on a fleet of 21-year-old buses and raising questions about additional zero-emission buses it’s expecting to receive.
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Joe McGraw handily defeated Scott Crowl in the Republican primary for the 17th Congressional District on Tuesday. He faces first-term Democratic congressman Eric Sorensen in the November election.
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Dennis Grundler said he's believes there's too much division within the Republican party in McLean County as some have strayed from fiscal conservatism.
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Regan Deering is poised to replace Dan Caulkins of Decatur, who chose not to seek a fourth term. No Democrats have filed for the seat in the general election.
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Last year, the city paid $750,000 for an engineering firm to design the plan that includes improved walkability, lighting, expanded public art and significant infrastructure improvements.
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Jon Farney, an Illinois State University alum, took over as State Farm president from Michael Tipsword at the start of the year. He’s been with State Farm since 1993.