By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder has identified the man who died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 55 near Normal on Saturday. Caden N. Lovins, 20 of Bloomington, died from multiple blunt force injuries due to being struck by a motorcycle, Yoder said. Lovins was riding with a ...

(NEXSTAR) - Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the Trump administration is considering the possible suspension of the federal gas tax amid soaring oil prices fueled by the war in Iran - a plan President Donald Trump voiced support for on Monday. "I think it's a great idea," Trump said during a ...

By NIKOEL HYTREK Capitol News Illinois nhytrek@captiolnewsillinois.com The Illinois General Assembly continues to debate what to do about data centers as the artificial intelligence business keeps booming, and communities complain about their energy bills, noise and environmental impacts. Data centers are warehouse-lik...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - One person is dead and two more were injured after two motorcycles crashed on Interstate 55 in Normal. Just before 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, Illinois State Police troopers responded to the crash near mile marker 166, said Trooper Shannon Barrea. She said a group of motorcycles was t...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com As households across Illinois brace to lose their federal food assistance this month, grocery stores, especially independent grocers across the state, are preparing for the devasting effects of decreased spending. For some independent gr...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - One person suffered "potentially life-threatening injuries" after a Bloomington shooting on Saturday. Officers with the Bloomington Police Department were called at 11:15 p.m. on May 9 to the 1000 block of Four Seasons Road to a report of a person who had been shot, said ...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Cook County man was sentenced to six months in jail and probation in connection with an accidental shooting at Bradley University dorm last fall that injured a woman. Edward Traywick Jr., 20, of Lansing, pleaded guilty in February to reckless discharge of a firearm. He was sentenced F...

By JACKSON BRANDHORST Saluki Reporting Lab jbrandhorst@dailyegyptian.com & MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois mparker@capitolnewsillinois.com MARION - John "Jake" Wakey, the Carterville High School assistant football coach and teacher at the center of an ongoing criminal sexual abuse investigation, was a...