UPDATE (1:35 p.m.) - The Peoria Fire Department reported that three people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash Monday. When fire crews arrived on the scene, they located a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of West Garden Street and South Western Avenue with one of the vehicles overturned and a perso...

By BRENDEN MOORE & PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed the legislation designating July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois. The governor signed the bill at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, the site of Till's funeral, on w...

By JACKSON BRANDHORST Saluki Local Reporting Lab jbrandhorst@dailyegyptian.com ANNA - The Illinois Department of Human Services announced Thursday that the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna will lay off staff and undergo several operational changes in the coming months, including the elimination of...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Illinois State University Board of Trustees approved the design and construction of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza Friday morning. The plaza will feature nine pillars and a donor wall recognizing historically black fraternities and sororities and their impact on the univers...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Gas prices continue to rise in the Peoria area, 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 $4.22 a gallon, an increase of 8.5 cents from last week. That's 9.7...

By WMBD TV TOWANDA, Ill. (WMBD) - A two-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 55 claimed the life of a 17-year-old driver Thursday. McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder said Jacey N. Buresh of North Bend, Nebraska, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash at mile marker 173 near Towanda happened about 11:45 a.m. an...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The return of flights from Bloomington to Chicago by United Airlines has been delayed, the airport announced Friday. United was first expected to return to the Central Illinois Regional Airport in May with several daily flights to O'Hare International Airport. That was then pushed ...

LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois Department of Transportation employees working along U.S. Highway 155 made a most unexpected discovery Tuesday. While mowing near mile marker 8, between the Emden/San Jose and Hartsburg exits, workers discovered a body on July 21. The body is that of Ali Mustapha Wahid, said Logan C...