Category Archives: Headlines
Gun rights groups ask U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Cook County assault weapons ban
Two national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Cook County's ban on assault-style weapons in hopes that such a decision would overturn similar bans nationally, ...
Aug 29, 2025 Challenges to Illinois’ assault-style weapons ban continue to make their way through federal courts. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
McLean County Animal Services transferring to new facility
SHIRLEY, Ill. (WMBD) - The McLean County Animal Services, formally known as the McLean County Animal Control, announced on Wednesday that it will be transferring to a brand-new facility. The new facil...
Aug 28, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for 'tsunami'
JONESBORO, Ill. - It was a bitterly cold evening on Jan. 19, 1997, when Judy Stegle and her husband, Mike, received the call that would upend their lives forever. Their 17-year-old daughter, Cortnie S...
Aug 28, 2025 Cortnie Stewart, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 1997 car crash, looks up at her mother Judy Stegle at their home in Jonesboro, Illinois. A nearby nonprofit provided respite services to aid in her full-time care before closing as result of the budget impasse. (Julia Rendleman for CNI)
Not In Our Town fights hate in Bloomington community
BLOOMINGTON, Ill (WMBD) - Bloomington City Council spoke on the discriminatory flyers left around the city last week, and council members and the mayor pledged against hate in the city. These pledges ...
Aug 27, 2025 City of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: File)
Bloomington business owner remains calm amid garage closure
BLOOMINGTON, Ill (WMBD) - As Bloomington deals with Market Street parking garage closure and possible demolition, one neighboring business raises potential concerns. Vicki Tilton has owned the buildin...
Aug 27, 2025 City of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington/Facebook)
"Law School with Scott Miller" featuring Pioletti, Pioletti and Nichols
Stay tuned for "Law School with Scott Miller" featuring Pioletti, Pioletti and Nichols attorney's at law in Bloomington. Sept. 11: https://post.futurimedia.com/wjbcam/playlist/listen-2119.html Sept. 1...
Aug 27, 2025
WJBC announces 2025 WJBC Labor of the Year
WJBC and the Midwest Laborers Association are excited to announce Larry Mertes as the WJBC Laborer of the Year. Mertes, a Bloomington native, previously served on the Laborers' Local 362. During the s...
Aug 27, 2025 WJBC Labor of the Year recipient Larry Mertes.
Trump threatens Illinois' federal funding for eliminating cash bail
DECATUR - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at pushing Illinois to reverse its law that eliminated cash bail. The order calls on the U.S. attorney general to come up with a...
Aug 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
In response to military deployment, Pritzker tells Trump: 'Do not come to Chicago'
CHICAGO - In front of gleaming skyscrapers along the Chicago River, Illinois' Democratic leaders showed a united front Monday against President Donald Trump's threats to deploy the military into Chica...
Aug 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes the Trump administration’s threat to deploy military forces in Chicago alongside dozens of activists, Democratic politicians and religious leaders in downtown Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Central Illinois Man to appear on 'Forged In Fire' Wednesday
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A twin-cities man will soon have his craftsmanship shown on national television. Taylor Matthews, owner and craftsman at Edge of Normal Workshop on South Madison Street in B...
Aug 26, 2025 Edge of Normal is located near Illinois State University's campus. (Photo courtesy: Edge of Normal/Facebook)
