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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...
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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 w...
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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 w...
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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...
5h ago Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of the Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
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...
Nov 05, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon talks to state Sen. Michael Hastings on the floor of the Illinois Senate on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
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...
Nov 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Home Sweet Home/Facebook)
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. Th...
Nov 05, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions in his Capitol office on Thursday, Oct. 30. (CNI photo by Andrew Adams)
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 S...
Nov 05, 2025 Lieutenant Matt Hill (left) and Firefighter-Paramedic Nathan Riordan (right). (Photo courtesy: Normal Fire Department)
"That's a bold face lie": Owner of area chicken restaurant responds to Peoria Mayor's statement
UPDATED (1:08 p.m.) - "That's a bold face lie," Francis said responding to Ali's statement, saying that he has been calling her office since July to try and meet with her. The last time, he said, that...
Nov 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Pop-Up Chicken Shop/Facebook)
One of Bloomington's most dangerous roads could be getting a revamp
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - According to a survey, residents said Veterans Parkway is unsafe and many are hoping it could be changed. "People are driving too fast and recklessly," one survey comment sa...
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