Category Archives: Headlines

Karla Huffman to head Heartland Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Heartland Community College announced the new dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, set to start at the end of the spring semester. Karla Huffman has been a t...
WJBC Staff Apr 07, 2026 (Photo courtesy: Heartland Community College)

Goodfield police arrest 19-year-old in $39,000 fraud case
GOODFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - A North Carolina woman was arrested recently by the Goodfield Police Department in connection with a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $39,000 being taken from more than...
WJBC Staff Apr 07, 2026

Bloomington-Normal receives $5M grant for sewer upgrades
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District is receiving a $5 million grant from the state to help fund sewer infrastructure upgrades. The grant will help f...
WJBC Staff Apr 07, 2026 (Photo courtesy: File)

McLean County judge's rise from humble beginnings inspires many
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - From the early age of 16, Carla Barnes-Wheeler was essentially on her own, having to navigate the world through her family's adversity. "I didn't come from privil...
WJBC Staff Apr 07, 2026 (Photo courtesy: Law and Justice Center)

Waymo begins testing in Chicago as bill seeks to legalize autonomous vehicles
By JACQUES ABOU-RIZK Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - In downtown Chicago, people have been spotting Google's Waymo automated vehicles testing and mapping the Windy C...
WJBC Staff Apr 07, 2026 A Waymo vehicle drives through Chicago’s Near North Side on March 20 as the company begins testing and mapping the city. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Georgia Epiphaniou)

Republicans, Pritzker point fingers over cause of rising property taxes
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Republicans are blaming Democratic policies, such as unfunded mandates on local governments and school distric...
WJBC Staff Apr 06, 2026

CEJA workforce hubs deliver hope, but will they deliver jobs?
By REECE DOWER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary While the state program that created them is still relatively new, Illinois' clean energy workforce hubs are str...
WJBC Staff Apr 06, 2026

Pritzker calls for year-round E15 gasoline in letter to Congress
By: GEORGE ALEXANDRAKIS Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: Gov. JB Pritzker is urging Congress to authorize year-round E15 gasoline sales, arguing it would stabi...
WJBC Staff Apr 06, 2026

Illinois pursues abortion coverage for people with little or no insurance
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats have added a new abortion access measure to their agenda that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care...
WJBC Staff Apr 06, 2026

Officials, advocates warn ICE targeting Cook County domestic violence courthouse
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Cook County officials announce recent incidents, including Thursday, of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
WJBC Staff Apr 06, 2026



