Category Archives: Local News

Pritzker OKs changes to Prisoner Review Board following years of controversy
Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board....
Syndicated Author Jun 23, 2025

Victory Church celebrates grand reopening more than three years after devastating fire
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - More than three years after a fire destroyed their building, Victory Church in Bloomington marked a powerful comeback with a two-day Grand Reopening and Dedication Celebrati...
WJBC Staff Jun 23, 2025 Victory Church. (Photo courtesy: Victory Church/File)
On the Record: Breaking down the $55 billion budget with state Senators Koehler, Arellano
Gov. Pritzker signs the state budget. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/File) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois passed a record $55.2 billion budget this year, an increase of $2 billion, but the d...
WJBC’s Top Stories – WJBC AM 1230 Jun 17, 2025

On the Record: Breaking down the $55 billion budget with state Senators Koehler, Arellano
Gov. Pritzker signs the state budget. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/File)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois passed a record $55.2 billion budget this year, an increase of $2 billion, but the de...
Syndicated Author Jun 17, 2025

Normal council approves change to short term rental rules, new playground
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Normal Town Council approved an amendment to its short-term rental rules.During Monday's meeting, new rules were...
Syndicated Author Jun 17, 2025

Illinois Gov. Pritzker signed $55.1B state budget plan
Gov. Pritzker signed the budget Monday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/Facebook)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - Gov. JB Pritzker, along with fellow politicians, took the stage today to sign the f...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2025

Storms could bring damaging winds and hail to central Illinois
Central Illinois could experience hail this weekend. (Photo courtesy: File Photo)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - After a relatively quiet stretch of weather, a more active pattern will bring the threat of sever...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2025

ICYMI: Ex-Speaker Madigan sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for bribery, corruption
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the first day of his corruption trial on Oct. 22, 2024. Madigan indicated he will testify in his own defense o...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2025

No Kings Rally draws massive crowd in Downtown Bloomington
The rally was held outside the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - More than 1,000 people packed Bloomington's downtown on Saturday, for a ...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2025

Professors sue Bradley University saying 2023 staffing cuts were improper
(Photo courtesy: Bradley University)PEORIA, Ill (WMBD) - A federal lawsuit alleges Bradley University breached contracts with its faculty, failed to abide by its own faculty handbook and rac...
Syndicated Author Jun 13, 2025