Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories

Area cyclists line up to receive free bike lights and safety checks in uptown Normal Thursday evening. Photo by Sam Thomas/WJBC. By Sam ThomasNORMAL – Cyclists descended on uptown Normal Th...

Jason Hopkins is still unfit to face charges of attempted murder.(Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)By Terry JamesBLOOMINGTON – A man facing several counts of attempted first degree murder was i...

State Sen. Bill Brady (right) was the one who nominated the group. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiHUDSON – The Easter Seals of Central Illinois Timber Pointe Outdoor Recreation Center h...

Central Illinois Arena Management ran U.S. Cellular Coliseum until March. (WJBC file photo) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – There are new questions about the management firm that ran U.S. Cellular C...

State Sen. Jason Barickman says politics has “infected” the Illinois Supreme Court based on its rejection of an independent maps initiative. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Jason Barickman) By Gr...

Illinois State Police will be boosting patrols during the Labor Day weekend. (Photo by Arvell Dorsey Jr./flickr) By RFD Radio/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – Labor Day weekend can be a deadly a few days on t...

The Thresherman’s Reunion has been canceled due to wet grounds. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Central States Thresherman’s Reunion ) By WJBC Staff PONTIAC – Frequent rain in recent weeks ...

The group Independent Map Amendment submitted 570,000 signatures in an attempt to get a measure on the Illinois ballot to change the legislative map-making process. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois M...

Danielle Bagley, formerly Danielle Fischer, appears on the witness stand during Nicholas Compton’s murder trial. (Photo courtesy WMBD) By Eric Stock BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington woman’...

Pictured above is Jamie Mathy, candidate for Ward 1 Alderman. He announced his intention to run in the 2017 election in front of a group of supporters at the Ozark House in Bloomington Wednesday eveni...