Category Archives: Top Stories
Multi-vehicle crash on Murray Baker Bridge results in injuries
The accident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Illinois State Police said people were injured after a multi-vehicle crash on the Murray Baker Bridge ...
May 30, 2025 The incident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
Bloomington City Council Approves Over $10 Million for Infrastructure Upgrades
Bloomington City Manager Jeff Jurgens. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - In a significant move to enhance the city's infrastructure, the Bloomington City Council on Tuesday ...
May 30, 2025
Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing ‘broad-based’ tax increase
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Pritzker pledged to veto any budget with "broad-based" tax increases. (...
May 29, 2025
Two men sentenced in separate sexual assault cases
Carlos Cregan, 37, of Normal. (Photo courtesy: Normal Police) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Two men were sentenced this month to several years in prison for sexual assault in separate cases.Carlos Cregan, 37,...
May 29, 2025
Two Central Illinois men hope Illinois Supreme Court will hear their appeal
For now, Barton McNeil remains behind bars at a medium-security prison in Pickneyville, Illinois. (Photo courtesy: Illinois Department of Corrections) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Two men, convicted decades ...
May 29, 2025
Bloomington’s $36M bond boosts water infrastructure upgrade
Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady recently joined WJBC’s Afternoon Show. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington is taking steps towards improving its water infrastructure.At Tuesday's coun...
May 29, 2025 Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady (Photo courtesy: WJBC)
Former doctor jailed 5 years for bathroom recording scandal
Photo courtesy: FlickrPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A former neurological surgical resident was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for illegally recording dozens of people in bathrooms at OSF HealthC...
May 28, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)
Summer Camp music festival to return next year, tickets halfway sold out
Photo courtesy: Three Sisters park/FacebookCHILLICOTHE, Ill. (WMBD) - For fans of the popular music festival Summer Camp, the stage will soon be set.The festival returns next year after its hiatu...
May 28, 2025
Family sues hospital for negligence in Logan Dunne’s death
(Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Logan Dunne's family claims in a newly filed lawsuit that members of his treatment team acted negligently when they allowed him to leave the ho...
May 28, 2025
Illinois General Assembly passes bills aimed at helping mothers
State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, speaks to chief of staff Clayton Harris shortly after passing a bill that mandates employers give nursing mothers paid time to pump breast milk. (Capitol News ...
May 27, 2025
