By BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com The Democratic Party chairs in Will and Kendall counties chose Jessica Dixon Heitman Monday night to complete the term of former Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, and replace him on the November ballot. She beat out six other challengers to receive t...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A 16-year-old driver was cited after a 5-year-old was allegedly hit while riding an electric bike on Monday. Officers with the Peoria Police Department were called at 7:20 p.m. July 20 to the 1600 block of North Great Oak Drive to a report of a hit-and-run, spokeswoman Semone Roth said....

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Another hearing and another delay in the matter of a beleaguered Downtown high-rise that has sat empty for two years. Peoria County Judge Alicia Washington paused proceedings on the 20-story Riverview Plaza high-rise for 60 days after the building's owners, MJ Illinois Inc., appealed a decision sh...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Caterpillar, Inc. is expanding its mining division in acquiring a company that uses artificial intelligence technology to speed up the mining process. Skycatch uses AI to enhance its spatial data analysis to take in a vast amount of data and come up with solutions faster than previous t...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A long-time bike shop known as Vitesse is under new ownership, with a new name. After 50 years, Vitesse had served Normal and Bloomington as a bike shop, owned by Normal Mayor Chris Koos. Around March of 2026, Koos decided to give the store new ownership by stepping down. Vitesse is now...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Town Council voted 4-3 to move forward on a proposal that some opponents say unfairly targets homeless people for being homeless. The council considered expanding a current code of conduct in Uptown Station and applying that rule to areas surrounding the Amtrak and freight ra...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Peoria County jury took about 30 minutes before finding Peoria Heights Mayor Matthew Wigginton not guilty of DUI after being arrested last April when he was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV. The trial at the Peoria County Courthouse went quickly. The entire trial, from start t...

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com The Illinois State Police trooper who fatally shot an unarmed woman who was driving a stolen car will not face criminal charges. St. Clair County State's Attorney James Gomric met last week with the family of Rachel Tarrence, who was sho...