Eric Stock
News DirectorEric Stock is WCBU'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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Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said an adult male was found with at least one gunshot wound. He died at a Peoria hospital. A woman with a gunshot wound to her leg was transported to the hospital with injuries not considered life threatening. -
Deputies said they were unable to get in the home at first due to heavy smoke and fire conditions. They said the mother and two juveniles were outside the mobile home. The mother told authorities her infant child remained inside and that she couldn't reach her. -
The ICE agent who shot and killed a woman in Minnesota this week is a 2001 Peoria Richwoods graduate, WCBU has learned through an examination of school and court records. -
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug. -
Police said detectives spotted the suspect in the 600 block of E. Maywood Ave. on Thursday. He was captured and taken into custody after a brief foot chase. -
The Peoria County Coroner said the death of man who found dead following a garage fire on Wednesday is being investigated as a homicide.
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Peoria Police said officers took Reginald Flemister-Tolson, 23, into custody on Wednesday on preliminary charges of home invasion, armed robbery, and aggravated battery with a firearm. -
One person was found dead inside a garage that caught fire Wednesday morning in Peoria. Fire crews were called to the scene in an alley in the 1200 block of NE Perry Ave. at 8:16 a.m. -
The county’s $174.2 million budget for 2026, which the county board adopted Thursday, devotes $31.7 million in capital projects, including $3.5 million in pre-construction services for Peoria County Jail upgrades. -
Dan Moon has served in the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs role on an interim basis since last year.
