Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Normal PD adding to their community outreach with ‘Pop with a Cop’
Officer Darien Bachman came up with the idea as a relatively easy and inexpensive way to interact with the community. (Photo courtesy WMBD-TV)By WMBD-TVNORMAL – Officers from Normal Police Depar...
Aug 03, 2023
Illinois auctioning off forgotten valuables at State Fair
The Illinois State Fair get’s underway in the middle of August. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Valuables left behind – mostly in forgotten safe-deposit boxes ...
Aug 02, 2023
Chicago church now a national monument
State officials gathered Tuesday at a ceremony naming the church where Emmett Till lay in an open casket a national monument. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlCHICAGO – "Without that op...
Aug 02, 2023
Victim of Sunday afternoon crash in rural Morton identified
The accident occurred Sunday afternoon near East Jefferson Street in rural Morton. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVMORTON – The Tazewell County Coroner's office has released the name of the man kille...
Aug 02, 2023
Illinois State Police to allow online reporting for single-vehicle, non injury crashes
Such a report can only be done if the incident involves a single vehicle with no injuries. (Facebook/Illinois State Police)By WMBD-TVSPRINGFIELD – To reduce the time people have to wait along th...
Aug 01, 2023
Slight improvement in Illinois corn and soybeans this past week
Soybeans blooming reached 89 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 76 percent. Soybeans setting pods reached 59 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 46 percent. (WJBC file photo)By USDASPRI...
Aug 01, 2023
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg makes a stop in Champaign
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stopped in Champaign Monday morning. (Photo courtesy: Pete Buttigieg/Facebook) By Dave Dahl CHAMPAIGN – It's been said, "all politics is local." To h...
Jul 31, 2023
Investigation underway in Tazewell County fatal crash
The crash remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) By WMBD-TVTAZEWELL COUNTY – A man from Tremont is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle.Tazewell Coun...
Jul 31, 2023
Bloomington police searching for liquor thief
Bloomington police also stated that they believe the suspect may have an association with the Peoria area. (WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington police are in need of the publ...
Jul 31, 2023
Illinois State University steadily increasing enrollment
During his remarks at the Board of Trustees meeting, interim president Dr. Aondover Tarhule said nearly 39% of the incoming class comes from a racially diverse group. (Facebook/Illinois State Universi...
Jul 31, 2023
