Category Archives: Local News
Central Illinois Airports enforcing Real ID policy
Carl Olson, CIRA Executive Director (left) and Melissa Beaver, Communication Director at CIRA (right) recently visited WJBC’s Afternoon Show. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Real ID deadline is here, ...
May 08, 2025
Bloomington Kiwanis hosts 15th annual Mother’s Day flower sale
Kiwanis volunteers helping out during the Mother’s Day Flower sale. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Kiwanis Club of Bloomington, Illinois)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Mother's Day is just days away, and ...
May 08, 2025
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Illinois stop on immigration laws called ‘publicity stunt’
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in front of a house in the neighborhood where progressive activist Emma Shafer was murdered in 2023. Noem holds a binder full of pictures of people she said are "still...
May 07, 2025
Letter carriers unite for annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive
Stamp Out Hunger occurs in early May. (Photo courtesy: Stamp Out Hunger/Facebook) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Letter carriers across the nation will be picking up more than just mail at the mail box th...
May 06, 2025
Normal Council extends moratorium on short term rentals
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Town Council voted to approve extending a moratorium during its meeting on Monday.It deals with issui...
May 06, 2025
Bloomington Fire Dept. mourns firefighter Kyle Walder’s loss
Kyle Walder, 31. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Fire Department) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington Fire Department is mourning the death of a firefighter who died off duty.Kyle Walder, 31, died afte...
May 06, 2025
UPDATED: Normal house fire causes damage to garage; melts neighbor houses siding
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A garage received major damages and occupants were displaced after a fire broke out in Normal on Sunday.The Normal Fire Department was called at 7:37 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 bloc...
May 05, 2025
New supplier park and jobs coming to Normal, says Rivian and Gov. Pritzker
Rivian Automotive is located in Normal. (Photo courtesy: WJBC)NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Rivian will build a 1.2 million square-foot supplier park in Normal as part of a $120 million investment i...
May 05, 2025
Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's photo hangs in the Statehouse's Hall of Governors. Ryan died Friday, May 2, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinois...
May 02, 2025
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor’s degree proposal
State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@cap...
May 02, 2025
