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High School Basketball 2025/26 Broadcast Schedule
Each week, WJBC-AM 1230 and FM 102.1 plans to broadcast a High School basketball game of the week, sponsored by CEFCU! Pregame coverage starts at 6:50 p.m. followed by play-by-play at 7 p.m. And don't miss the postgame coverage as well! High School basketball on WJBC is sponsored by CEFCU, Heller Ford, Gill Street Spor...
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2026 MVC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments
Help the Missouri Valley Conference celebrate the Men's and Women's basketball championships. Get your all-session tickets now and support the 'Birds and experience Arch Madness. Get your tickets at www.archmadness.com.
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18-year-old pleads guilty to 2023 stabbing death in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD TV) - An 18-year-old Bloomington man pleaded guilty this week to stabbing another person to death two years ago. According to McLean County Circuit Court records, Luis Monroy was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 23, 2023, d...
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Judge orders ICE to clean up conditions in Broadview facility that's 'become a prison'
CHICAGO - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials overhaul its processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview in order to make it more humane. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's ruling followed hours of testimony the previous day from undocumented immigrants w...
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Bill to regulate homeowners' insurance rates fails on final day of veto session
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House rejected a bill Thursday that would have given the state Department of Insurance authority to regulate homeowners' insurance rates. Gov. JB Pritzker had called for the legislation in July after State Farm Insurance announced it was raising rates for property and casualty insurance in Il...
Nov 05, 2025
Electrical issues delay 'The Bridge' shelter opening to early 2026
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - "The Bridge," a non-congregate shelter to house the homeless being built, is nearing the final stretch, coming close to being able to fill the homes. "It's a building frenzy right now at the bridge. We now have all of the sleeping cabins located on site. They're all attached to...
Nov 05, 2025
Illinois bill 'decouples' state, federal taxes, raising revenue and angering businesses
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker that makes a pair of changes to Illinois' tax code in response to new federal tax provisions that could reduce state revenue. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget projected last month that Illinois is on track to run a $267 million defic...
Nov 05, 2025
Normal firefighters recognized for rescuing unresponsive child from fire
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Normal Fire Department Lt. Matt Hill and Firefighter-Paramedic Nathan Riordan are being recognized for heroic acts that brought a lifeless child out of a burning mobile home on Sunday. The fire department responded early Sunday, Nov. 2, to the call of a mobile home fully engulfed with people still...
Nov 05, 2025
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