Category Archives: WJBC's Top Stories
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
Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
Gov. JB Pritzker enters the House chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, for his annual budget address. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnews...
Feb 26, 2025
Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship
The Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield houses the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed cont...
Feb 25, 2025
Video captures near-miss between Southwest Airlines plane, jet on runway at Chicago’s Midway Airport
The plane was from Southwest airlines. (Photo courtesy: Flicker/File)By WMBD TV CHICAGO – A near-miss has been confirmed between a Southwest Airlines planes and a jet on a runway at Chicago's Mi...
Feb 25, 2025
McLean County Coroner identifies 4 who died in Bloomington murder-suicide
(Bloomington Police Department/Facebook)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Four people who were found dead in a Bloomington home Sunday morning were shot to death, the McLean County Coroner said Monday night....
Feb 25, 2025
District 87 mourns the death of a student over the weekend
The incident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: BPD) By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – David Mouser, the superintendent with Bloomington School District 87, said the district was "deeply sadde...
Feb 24, 2025
Lawmakers weigh whether to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’
Deb Robertson, a Lombard woman facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, speaks in favor of legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to dying patients. (Capitol News Illinois phot...
Feb 23, 2025
Financial impacts of federal action stir anxiety for Illinois farmers
The effects of President Donald Trump's planned tariffs on allies and rivals are yet to be seen, but farmers in Illinois are bracing for their impact - even as they wait years for Congress to pass lon...
Feb 23, 2025
