By BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Darren Bailey's campaign is getting behind stalled Statehouse legislation that would make nongovernmental organizations that receive at least $10,000 or 20% of their total funding from the state subject to the Illinois Freedom of ...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington announced that it will be launching a new emergency notification system on Monday. CodeRED will help keep residents up to date on public safety issues, water main breaks and other urgent situations, said Katherine Murphy, a city spokeswoman. Residents who re...

By BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com The Democratic Party chairs in Will and Kendall counties chose Jessica Dixon Heitman Monday night to complete the term of former Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, and replace him on the November ballot. She beat out six other challengers to receive t...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A 16-year-old driver was cited after a 5-year-old was allegedly hit while riding an electric bike on Monday. Officers with the Peoria Police Department were called at 7:20 p.m. July 20 to the 1600 block of North Great Oak Drive to a report of a hit-and-run, spokeswoman Semone Roth said....

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Another hearing and another delay in the matter of a beleaguered Downtown high-rise that has sat empty for two years. Peoria County Judge Alicia Washington paused proceedings on the 20-story Riverview Plaza high-rise for 60 days after the building's owners, MJ Illinois Inc., appealed a decision sh...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Caterpillar, Inc. is expanding its mining division in acquiring a company that uses artificial intelligence technology to speed up the mining process. Skycatch uses AI to enhance its spatial data analysis to take in a vast amount of data and come up with solutions faster than previous t...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A long-time bike shop known as Vitesse is under new ownership, with a new name. After 50 years, Vitesse had served Normal and Bloomington as a bike shop, owned by Normal Mayor Chris Koos. Around March of 2026, Koos decided to give the store new ownership by stepping down. Vitesse is now...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Town Council voted 4-3 to move forward on a proposal that some opponents say unfairly targets homeless people for being homeless. The council considered expanding a current code of conduct in Uptown Station and applying that rule to areas surrounding the Amtrak and freight ra...