Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Fryers were fired up Tuesday Morning as the well-anticipated Raising Cane's Chicken opened its doors to the public. "We are here to finally open this restaurant in Bloomington/Normal. It's been a long time coming for us, and we couldn't be more thrilled to serve the customers and the communit...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington man is in custody after police responded to shots fired early Wednesday morning. Joshua Glass, 36, was arrested on charges including reckless discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a weapon, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. At 2:22 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, Blo...

RUSHVILLE, Ill. - Justin and Anna Ward of Stoney Branch Farms were anxiously awaiting action on legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products this spring in Illinois, which would have determined the future of their family-run hemp business in Rushville. But it never came. Hemp farming has been legal and regulated...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Aaron Rossi, the former biotech wunderkind and the man who was seen as a hero during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, was sentenced Tuesday to just over three years for defrauding the state and others regarding testing. The 37-month sentence must be served on top of an existing 5-year sent...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Two members of the Illinois State University Police Department rode 390 miles across Illinois to honor fallen police officers. Police Chief Aaron Woodruff and Detective Matthew Hice took to the highways and byways of Illinois as part of Cycle Across Illinois. They started in Champaign and ended a ...

SPRINGFIELD - President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans earlier this month curtailed federal tax incentives for the solar energy industry and for individuals and companies that purchase solar panels. The move sent shockwaves through the industry nationwide, pulling key incentives for major projects and resi...

CHICAGO - A former executive for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for jobs and contracts for the Democratic power broker's political allies. John Hooker, a career employee at ComEd who worked his way up from ...