Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
Housing development in Normal draws nearly an hour of public comment in council meeting
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A majority of Normal residents who attended the Town Council meeting on Monday didn't approve of plans to build ...
May 21, 2025
Local food pantries brace for SNAP benefit cuts
(Facebook/Home Sweet Home Ministries)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Millions of Americans may soon lose food assistance program benefits as the reconciliation bill moves through Congress, while local food pant...
May 21, 2025
Bill banning carbon sequestration near Mahomet Aquifer clears General Assembly
State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, watches as her bill to ban carbon sequestration under, above or through the Mahomet Aquifer, is voted on. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) ADE AUBREYCa...
May 21, 2025
Illinois lawmakers push to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighter gear due to cancer risk
The Illinois Firefighters Memorial statue is pictured outside of the Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)By REILLY COOK & GRACE FRIEDMAN Medill Illinois News B...
May 20, 2025
In the fight for youth transgender health care, Illinois remains at the forefront
Connie Kathary, 18, loves to write stories, and plans to study creative writing when she goes off to college next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Carly Gist for the Saluki Local Reporting Lab)By...
May 20, 2025
Sewage in the Illinois River has caused a Combined Sewer Overflow in Peoria
City Hall in Peoria. (Photo courtesy: City of Peoria) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Due to the rain, the city of Peoria has issued a Combined Sewer Overflow Alert for Monday.When Peoria gets too much rainfall...
May 20, 2025
Multifamily housing plans met with public disapproval at Normal Town Council
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - On Monday, new housing in Normal caused a lengthy town council meeting.Six items on the agenda were about new mu...
May 20, 2025
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Students at DePaul University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment face counterprotesters in May 2024. This encampment was one of at least 130 similar campus protests last year, which highlighted concerns tha...
May 19, 2025
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Students at DePaul University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment face counterprotesters in May 2024. This encampment was one of at least 130 similar campus protests last year, which highlighted concerns tha...
May 16, 2025
Plan to limit scope of ‘crime-free housing’ ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee
Emily Coffey, senior counsel of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, speaks beside Sen. Karina Villa, D-Chicago, during a Senate Executive Committee in the Statehouse on Wednesday. (...
May 15, 2025
