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)

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A 43-year-old cold case that was an unidentified woman in McLean County finally has a resolution. Moxxy Forensic Investigations, in partnership with the McLean County Coroner's Office and the McLean County Sheriff's Office, positively identified a woman whose remains were discovered in rural ...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - An area school board leader was called out on social media by members of the Republican Party after they deemed a post he made included "lies" about conservatives. The McLean County Republican Party wrote in a Facebook post saying that Unit 5 School Board President Alex Williams "in...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - At WMBD-TV, Shaun Newell wasn't just a general manager-he was a storyteller at heart. Newell, who passed away Monday at the age of 47, believed deeply in the power of media to make a difference. "Shaun was passionate about telling the stories of Central Illinois and he pushed all of us to rem...

CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with the loss of a steel plant over 30 years ago. The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a hub for quantum tech-rela...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Two teens have been arrested on alleged weapons charges after shots were fired Saturday morning. The two 13-year-olds, whose names were not released as they are minors, were arrested on the following charges, according to department spokesman Bryce Janssen: Reckless discharge of a firearm Agg...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington woman has been arrested after a voter fraud investigation. On Monday, Sept. 29, Suniti Sud, 55, was arrested on three counts of voting fraud following a joint investigation, Bloomington police spokesman Bryce Janssen. The investigation began in June after the Bloomington Electio...

Illinois cannot yet file suit against the federal government for an apparent plan to send federal troops to Chicago, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, but if boots hit the ground, President Donald Trump "should expect a legal challenge here." It would be the latest in a bevy of lawsuits that the state has f...