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Bloomington Arts Center hosts record-breaking performance
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts broke records on Thursday last week, hosting Theresa Caputo Live! "The Experience" "The Long Island Medium was at the BCPA, and she set the venue record for gross sales with just over $104,000 over 1,100 people in the bu...
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9 months after federal bribery conviction, former Speaker Madigan disbarred
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following his convictions on federal corruption charges - including bribery - earlier this year. The longtime Democratic power bro...
Nov 24, 2025
A gun was found in a Tremont school kid's locker on Monday
By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A gun was found in a student's locker at Tremont Middle School on Monday morning. Officers with the Tremont Police Department were called by school administrators to a report that a student had an unloaded gun in a locker, a post on the department's Facebook page said. "The student...
Nov 24, 2025
Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources
SPRINGFIELD - If advocates, stakeholders and members of the public were granted all their requests for public school funding next year, lawmakers would have to increase the state's K-12 education budget by nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars. That's the approximate total of all the requests that Illinois State B...
Nov 24, 2025
Rally in Normal aims to safeguard SNAP and healthcare programs
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A rally was held in Uptown Normal on Monday afternoon in front of State Representative Daren LaHood's office to defend SNAP and federal healthcare cuts. "We are all constituents of Congressional District 16; Congressman LaHood's district. We need a representative who is going to wo...
Nov 18, 2025
U-High volleyball joins golf team as 2025 state champions
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - Two state championships in two months at University High School. In October, the boys golf team won a class 2A state title. Saturday night, the volleyball team joined the party by winning the class 3A state championship. The Pioneers have had a great volleyball program for years bu...
Nov 18, 2025
Full SNAP benefits to resume this month after government shutdown ends
By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Human Services announced Thursday that residents who received partial or delayed SNAP funds in November will begin receiving full benefits for the month. In Illinois, nearly 1.9 million people rely on SNAP ...
Nov 17, 2025
WJBC heading to Wilmington, IL. for state football semifinals
The WJBC High School Football Extravaganza is heading to Wilmington, IL. for a state football semifinal matchup with El Paso Gridley on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. Pregame coverage can be heard at 4:50 p.m. on AM 1230, FM 102.1 and the free WJBC App. The WJBC High School Football Extravaganza is sponsored by CEFCU, Lan...
Nov 17, 2025
