Category Archives: Headlines

Central Catholic's Head Coach Debbie Coffman retiring
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The head coach of Central Catholic High School's Girls Basketball team is retiring after nearly three decades. Debbie Coffman, also known as "Coach K," retired on...
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Lincoln Land student dead after car goes into Mazon River
By WMBD TV PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) - A 20-year-old baseball player at Lincoln Land Community College is dead after his car went into the Mazon River near Dwight, the Livingston County Coroner said. Micha...
WJBC Staff 1h ago

Bloomington storm cleanup almost done, 400 trucks of debris
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Bloomington crews continue to clean up debris after severe storms earlier this month, expecting to be done by Friday. So far, crews have filled just under 400 trucks of debr...
WJBC Staff 1h ago City of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: File)

Illinois gov calls for swift resolution to ISU strike
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - Gov. JB Pritzker, at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday, urged Illinois State University and its striking workers to return to the bargaining table. "It needs to happe...
WJBC Staff 1h ago Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his 2026 State of the State address in the Illinois Capitol on Feb. 18, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Illinois lawmakers punt remap amendment after SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling
By BEN SZALINSKI & PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said the Senate will not move forward with a constituti...
WJBC Staff 1h ago Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said state lawmakers need more time to evaluate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling before proceeding with a constitutional amendment. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Feds say they'll drop conspiracy charge against remaining 'Broadview Six' protesters
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary In an unexpected move Wednesday, prosecutors said they intend to pursue the dismissal of the main conspiracy char...
WJBC Staff 1h ago Former 9th District congressional candidate Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh addresses reporters following her Nov. 12, 2025, arraignment hearing in Chicago. She and five others were charged with “impeding” a federal agent while protesting outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in suburban Broadview in September. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)

IBM will bring innovation hub, 750 new jobs to Chicago's quantum park
By AIDAN KLINEMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that IBM will bring its FutureNow innovation and delivery hub to Chicago...
WJBC Staff 1h ago Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Global Quantum Forum in Chicago in July 2025. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)

Illinois retailers celebrate early successes of state-funded apprenticeship program
By HANNAH WEBSTER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - In May 2025, Alejandro Tribin started as a sales associate at American Sale, an outdoor furniture and appliances re...
WJBC Staff 23h ago Brittany Christman, an apprentice at American Sale in Chicago, has been promoted since beginning her retail apprenticeship in August 2025. (Photo courtesy of Howie Zavala)

Bloomington Adjusts Downtown Street Plan to address parking
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington city council voted last night to change a part of the plans for the downtown streetscape project. The change is affecting what they call flex lane...
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State commission finds agent abuses were 'greenlit by Washington' for Operation Midway Blitz
By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary After conducting over a dozen investigations, interviewing witnesses, and reviewing hundreds of hours of vi...
WJBC Staff Apr 29, 2026 Marimar Martinez testifies at an April 28, 2026, hearing of the Illinois Accountability Commission, showing one of the seven holes left in her body after she was shot by a Border Patrol agent in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)



