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"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. DISCLAIMER: The following program is for paid for by Pioletti, Pioletti and Nic...
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)
Illinois orders Flock Safety to halt data sharing with Customs
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency illegally gained access to license plate reader cameras within Illinois, the state's top prosecutor alleged Monday. Secretary of Sta...
Aug 25, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
SPRINGFIELD - Federal officials are continuing to press their demand for Illinois' unredacted voter registration database, which includes sensitive personal information, and are now giving state offic...
Aug 25, 2025 Election workers check voters’ names against a registration list and hand out ballots at a polling place in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
McLean County man charged in abortion pill homicide case
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Normal man will be held pending the outcome of his case after allegedly giving abortion-inducing medicine to a pregnant woman without her consent. Emerson Evans, 31, appea...
Aug 25, 2025 (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington Police/Facebook)
DCFS timeline in foster child's death reveals 10 caseworkers, but no credible findings of abuse
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com Two days before police found Mackenzi Felmlee gasping for breath at the bottom of the stairs, her caseworker noted the fo...
Aug 25, 2025 The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services released a timeline into the case of Mackenzi Felmlee, inset, who mysteriously died in her Fairview Heights foster home. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
United Methodist Church buys billboard space that hosted Proud Boys sign
BREESE, Ill. - In response to the uproar over a Proud Boys message displayed on a billboard near Central Community High School, the United Methodist Church has a simple message: "Hate Divides, Love Un...
Aug 22, 2025 The United Methodist Church announced it will rent the billboard space where a Proud Boys hate group billboard cropped recently. They’ll replace it with a “Hate Divides… Love Unites” campaign. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Molly Parker, artwork provided by the United Methodist Church)
