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)

(Photo courtesy: Peoria Chiefs/Facebook) PERIA, Illinois (WMBD) - Normal Community graduate and minor-league pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals franchise Mason Burns was officially promoted to the High-A Peoria Chiefs, according to an announcement Tuesday morning from the club. Burns was drafted by the Cardinals last s...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell will be his running mate for the 2026 campaign. Pritzker's selection, made just days after announcing a third campaign for governor, comes from a close circle of trus...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the Normal Fire Station 2 will be reborn, albeit in a different part of town. The Normal Fire Department is making progress on its $8 million Fire Station Two, located at the intersection of Shephard and Hershey roads, which will be a more modern version of th...

PEKIN, Illinois (WMBD) - Tazewell County just hit a milestone last Friday that the county clerk John Ackerman and his staff have been tracking for a year and a half. Tazewell County was established in 1827. Since its inception, the county has been keeping track of marriage licenses ever since. On Friday, June 27, 2025,...

By SONYA DYMOVA & MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com WOLF LAKE. Ill. - Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into ChatGPT for bringing her to the unexpected spo...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Bradley University was awarded $2 million in grants from the state for campus improvements. State Sen. Dave Koehler and state Rep. Jehan Gordon Booth, who is also the Majority Leader, helped secure the funds for the university, said Bradley spokeswoman Libby Derry. Newly appointed president James ...

We hope to see you on Friday, July 4th, for the Spirit of McLean County Sky Concert! The fireworks will start at dusk, around 9:15 p.m., at Miller Park in Bloomington and Fairview Park in Normal. Thanks to State Farm, you can hear music synced up to the concert. Make sure to bring a terrestrial radio tune it to AM 1230...