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)

The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered former Illinois attorney general Republican nominee Tom DeVore's law license suspended for 60 days, following a yearslong public feud involving his client-turned-girlfriend and the state's attorney discipline board. The court's order affirms a recommendation this spring by the Ill...

Illinois agencies must identify spending reductions and create reserves in their budgets to prepare for an economic downturn, according to an executive order issued Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker. Pritzker said the order is designed to combat federal policies by the Trump administration that are likely to increase costs ...

EUREKA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington man is dead after a crash on Route 117 near Eureka this morning. The crash between a motorcycle and a truck pulling a trailer was reported about 8:10 a.m. at Route 117 and County Road 500N, south of Eureka. A statement from the Woodford County Sheriff's Office said, "the truck p...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Connect Transit is making a major change to its bus route, allowing public transit to service more places in the Twin Cities. The "mint" route will take effect on Oct. 5, replacing the old "red express" route, which is ending on Oct. 3. The new route will run during the da...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington City Council is deciding to implement a one percent grocery tax. It's a continuation of the previous tax at the state level that is now left for municipalities to decide. At Monday's meeting, Mollie Ward, Shelia Montney and John Danenberger opposed the grocery tax. "It would p...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested Saturday after shots were fired in Bloomington. Lorenzo L. Aken, 45, of Bloomington, was arrested on counts of possession of a weapon by a felon, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and reckless discharge, said a release from the Bloomington Police Department. Office...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A 72-year-old Saybrook woman died Friday after a house caught fire. Carol D. Purcell likely died from probable carbon monoxide intoxication due to inhalation of smoke and soot due to a housefire, according to McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder. Purcell was pronounced dead at the scene, the cor...