Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
Gov. JB Pritzker is asking lawmakers to pass a plan banning cellphones in schools during class time. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)By BEN SZALINSKIbszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.comCapi...
Mar 07, 2025
With electricity price spikes coming, environmental and industry groups pitch reform
Illinois faces potential energy shortfalls and all-but-guaranteed price spikes for northern Illinois this summer, consumer and environmental advocates say.By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@ca...
Mar 05, 2025
Accused Highland Park shooter pleads guilty
The Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan is pictured Monday. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Ashley Soriano)By PETER HANCOCK& ASHLEY SORIANOCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.comWAU...
Mar 04, 2025
Bloomington mayoral candidates answer questions at student-led panel
The election is in April. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – With less than a month until the April 1 consolidated election, candidates for Bloomington mayor explained their pos...
Mar 03, 2025
Home Sweet Home Ministries propose 50-cabin village for unhoused in Bloomington
Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington nonprofit wants to use a Connect Transit property to build cabins for people experien...
Feb 28, 2025
Forgotten Black military heroes featured in Illinois State Museum exhibit
Adam Krall, a historic site interpreter with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, showcases an original rifle that would have been used by the 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the...
Feb 28, 2025
Supreme Court declines to review Carbondale abortion clinic ‘bubble zone’ ordinance
Anti-abortion activists display signs and wave at passing cars on a rainy morning in November in front of CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health in Carbondale. (Saluki Local Reporting Lab photo by Car...
Feb 28, 2025
Lawmakers grill mass transit leaders as clock ticks toward funding ‘cliff’
Regional Transportation Authority Board Chair Kirk Dillard speaks at an event promoting new electric Pace buses in early February while Gov. JB Pritzker watches. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew...
Feb 28, 2025
WATCH: Trump shouts at Zelenskyy as he and Vance berate Ukrainian leader as ‘disrespectful’
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Matt Wade)By WMBD TV and AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump shouted at Ukraine's leader on Friday during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, berating Presiden...
Feb 28, 2025
Bloomington Gold Corvette car show moving to St. Louis
(Facebook/Illinois State University)By WMBD TVBLOOMINGTON – The longest running Corvette car show is moving to St. Louis for its summer event after being in Normal last year.In its 52nd year,&nb...
Feb 28, 2025
