By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The town of Normal is proposing a new development plan for the Uptown Normal Trail east and west, aiming to bring more housing and economic opportunity. Two six-story buildings are proposed for the areas east and west of the Constitution Trail that runs down the middle of uptown and acr...

STREATOR, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested after multiple structure fires in Streator Friday. Christopher S. Hall, 33, was arrested on charges including aggravated arson, according to a joint release from the Streator Police and Fire Departments. Just after 12:30 a.m. on June 19, police and fire crews went to a reporte...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - All-Star weekend kicked off in Central Illinois as several area athletes suited up for the last high school football game of the school year. The Shriners' All-Star Game was held at Illinois Wesleyan University this year, and several local athletes shone. Rigeview-Lexington's Joe C...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - For the third straight week, gas prices fell by double digits, according to a website that monitors gasoline price fluctuations. According to the GasBuddy website survey of 148 stations in the Peoria area, the average price of gas was $4.24 a gallon, a decrease of 13.5 cents from last w...

By AIDAN KLINEMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Former President Barack Obama convened a star-studded celebration Thursday to open his long-awaited Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side, and it opens to the public on Friday The former president spoke to thousands gather...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The FBI is asking the public for helping in finding and arresting a man accused of robbing a central Missouri bank earlier this year and is willing to pay $5,000. The reward is for information involving the March 25 robbery of the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville, Mo. on March 25, 2026...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - An attorney for a Chiddix Junior High teacher asked to delay a detention hearing until next Wednesday. Andrew "Drew" Miller, 41, of Normal, appeared in McLean County Circuit Court on Thursday, after being indicted on 42 charges that included indecent solicitation of a chi...

By KRISTIN BORCHERS & RILEY SEMBLER Saluki Local Reporting Lab For Capitol News Illinois Article Summary Alpha-gal syndrome is a little-known allergy caused by a lone star tick bite and can cause severe allergic reactions to red meat. Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases...