By BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Chicago Bears announced the team's board of directors "voted to advance" a stadium project in Hammond, Indiana on Friday. It's the biggest step toward moving yet, but a top Illinois Senate negotiator said he got a cal...

By WMBD TV HAMMOND, Ind. - The Chicago Bears could soon be headed to Indiana after the team's board of directors voted to advance its stadium project, and leaders in both states seem to have mixed reactions to the move. On Friday, the Bears announced that its board of directors voted to advance its stadium project in H...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A recent fire in a Bloomington recycling truck has city officials reminding people to remove and properly dispose of batteries before throwing them out. The fire was the result of an electric lawn mower being placed in a recycling cart with the lithium-ion battery still on board. O...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - State Sen. Dave Koehler, an assistant majority leader in the Senate, said lawmakers eventually must solve the over-reliance on property taxes to fund education. "Illinois has one of the lowest percentages of state funds that go to education in the county and that's because we reall...

By BEN SZALINSKI, NIKOEL HYTREK, & JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Many key bills discussed in the General Assembly this year failed to move forward before lawmakers adjourned on June 1. Bills banning Glocks, creating a prescription drug board and regulating alg...

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary State Treasurer Mike Frerichs visited the Vatican this week with a gift for the pope: $8.65 of his own money. Frerichs administers the state's unclaimed property system, and the sum was in a PayPal account that the Chicago native ...

By WMBD TV MCLEAN, Ill. (WMBD) - After being adopted, Moose and Mya, the bonded pair of dogs, have been returned to Ruby's Rescue, yet again looking for their forever home. Moose and Mya arrived at Ruby's Rescue and Retreat in bad shape in the summer of 2024. Both of them had heartworm, bugs, and were starved. Jean Ann...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Brandon Knapp, a former Chiddix Junior High School teacher, appeared in court Thursday morning. Knapp was arrested in April on allegations of grooming against him while he was a teacher. He had been on leave since January. Knapp has been in custody since his arrest and appeared in ...