Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Midwest Food Bank starts campaign to end child hunger
The back-to-school program will also help kids in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. (Facebook/Midwest Food Bank)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – A new back-to-school campaign to eliminate childhood...
Aug 31, 2023
Tazewell, Woodford Animal Controls to consider collaboration
Tazewell and Woodford counties are looking at possibly uniting with a plan that will help both counties. (Photo Flickr/EveProkop)By WMBD-TVTAZEWELL COUNTY – Two Central Illinois counties may ent...
Aug 31, 2023
David Zimmerman to retire from Tazewell County Board
Zimmerman was appointed to the board in 1997 and elected as the chair in 2008. (Photo Courtesy of WMBD-TV)By WMBD-TVTAZEWELL COUNTY – The chairman of the Tazewell County Board announced his plan...
Aug 30, 2023
Heyworth school board reduces class sizes to focus on literacy
The district said it will be collecting data over the next three years to see if it is working. (WJBC/File Photo)By WMBD-TVHEYWORTH – Heyworth's school board approved a reduction of class sizes ...
Aug 30, 2023
Illinois’ two major cash crops are progressing right around average
Soybeans setting pods reached 88 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 90 percent. (WJBC file photo)By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 6.5 days suitable for field work during the week ending A...
Aug 29, 2023
17-year-old arrested in Normal for fatal shooting of Havana man over the weekend
Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said there are no other suspects at this time. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVPEORIA – A 17-year-old boy was arrested Monday night in connection with a fatal shoo...
Aug 29, 2023
Former Bloomington Mayor Jesse Smart dies
Smart served as the Mayor of Bloomington for 12-years. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington) By WMBD BLOOMINGTON – The former three-term mayor of Bloomington Jesse Smart has died at 84 as confir...
Aug 28, 2023
Normal Fire Department urges people to check for recalled dehumidifiers
A fire inspector said some recalled dehumidifiers were found in some of the Town of Normal's buildings.(WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – Normal Fire Department is warning people about a recent...
Aug 28, 2023
Jelani Day’s mother shares new developments two years later
With new information, Bolden Day wants her son's death investigation turned into a murder investigation. (Photo Courtesy of HOI ABC)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON-NORMAL – It's been two years since Carme...
Aug 28, 2023
Connect Transit offering free bus rides to Bloomington-Normal library cardholders
The American Library Association spearheads Library Card Sign-Up Month each September to encourage children to start the school year with their own local library card. (Photo courtesy: Connect Transit...
Aug 25, 2023
