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Police investigating shots fired incident in Bloomington Wednesday
If you wish to submit a crime tip and remain anonymous, please contact the Crime & Intelligence Analysis Unit (CIAU) at 309-434-2963 or email CIAU@cityblm.org. You can also text the number 847411 ...
Jun 06, 2024
Gov. Pritzker signs $53B budget into law
Gov. Pritzker signed the state budget on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/X)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The state's $53.1 billion dollar budget is now law. Gov. JB Pritzker signed it in ...
Jun 05, 2024
Winning $552 Million lottery ticket bought in Illinois
One lucky winner won millions of dollars Tuesday night in Illinois. (Photo courtesy; Pixabay)By WMBD BLOOMINGTON – A lucky Illinois lottery player won big Tuesday night.According to a Mega ...
Jun 05, 2024
Pair arrested in Pontiac for crack cocaine and cannabis
The pair remain behind bars. (Photo courtesy: Livingston County Sheriff’s Office) By Blake Haas LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Two individuals in Livingston County stand accused of manufacturing crac...
Jun 03, 2024
Woman from Normal dead after Friday morning I-74 crash
The crash remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flickr)By WMBD TV and Blake Haas PEORIA – The driver of an SUV involved in a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 74 early Friday morning i...
May 31, 2024 The man remains behind bars. (Photo courtesy: File)
UPDATED: Bradley President resigns; Board of Trustees chair to replace him
Dr. Standifird resigned Friday morning. (Photo courtesy: Bradley University)By WMBD TV PEORIA – After a year of sweeping budget cuts and amid lower enrollment, Bradley University announced a maj...
May 31, 2024
Leaders from Bloomington plan housing symposium to address local housing crunch
Bloomington City Manager Jeff Jurgens spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC)By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – Leaders from Bloomington want to address the housing crun...
May 31, 2024
Midwest Food Bank partners with Amazon to deliver food across the country
Amazon has been a partner of Midwest Food Bank since 2022. (Photo courtesy: Midwest Food Bank/Facebook)By Blake Haas NORMAL – As part of a pilot program, one of the world’s largest shippin...
May 31, 2024
$800,000 in federal funding coming to Connect Transit
The money is part of the federal funding from the Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally Directed Spending Program. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON-NORMAL – Connect Transit was bestow...
May 29, 2024
Bloomington Bison’s Scott Alan passes away on Monday
Alan spent 10 seasons with the Indy Fuel as a PA announcer. (Photo Courtesy of the Bloomington Bison/Facebook)By Jake FogalBLOOMINGTON – The first employee hired by the Bloomington Bison hockey ...
May 29, 2024
