Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
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
Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air
A couple of passengers ride a southbound Red Line "L" train in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams) By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD R...
May 15, 2025
Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments over Sean Grayson’s pretrial status
A Macon County Sheriff's Office mugshot of Sean Grayson was taken on Oct. 24. Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy, is charged with the first-degree murder of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Bl...
May 15, 2025 Sean Grayson. (Photo courtesy: Macon County Law Enforcement Center)
CHEERS: WJBC launching 100th Anniversary beer at Lil’ Beaver Brewery
Let’s celebrate! See you on May 31 at Lil’ Beaver Brewery. BLOOMINGTON-The celebration is on at Lil’ Beaver Brewery, as WJBC plans to celebrate its 100th anniversary with a new beer....
May 14, 2025
Consumer advocates tell regulators to slash rate hike requests from Ameren, Nicor
The Michael A. Bilandic Building in downtown Chicago, shown in May 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams) By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol Ne...
May 14, 2025
UPDATE: Mother charged with murder in connection with toddler’s death
The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A South Peoria woman faces murder charges for allegedly beating her 20-month-old son to death earlier this month....
May 13, 2025
Fallen Aurora firefighter honored at state’s annual memorial ceremony
The state's fallen firefighter memorial sits on the Capitol grounds. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)By JADE AUBREYCapitol News Illinoisjaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD - Fallen ...
May 13, 2025
New zero-emission bus plant to open in Peoria area; create 90 jobs
Gov. Pritzker (Photo courtesy: Capitol News Illinois)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Gov. JB Pritzker said a zero-emission electric bus company will open a manufacturing plant in the Greater Peoria Ar...
May 13, 2025
