By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Education is asking lawmakers this year for $200,000 to develop a new way of counting low-income students. Although that's only a small fraction of the overall $10.9 billion general revenue fund budget the ...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - While shootings are slightly down in Peoria, the police department says there have been more homicides so far this year than in 2025. According to the Peoria Police Department's Year-To-Date Shooting Report, there have been three homicides this year as of April 30, an increase of one fr...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Three Central Illinois school districts, under federal investigation regarding the use of sexual orientation and gender ideology content in classrooms, have said they will cooperate with the probe. On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said it is looking at 36 Illinois public school ...

By NIKOEL HYTREK CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com A bill to strengthen privacy protections for transgender and abortion patients passed a Senate committee Wednesday in a 9-4 partisan vote. Senate Bill 4834, would remove testosterone from the state's Prescription Monitoring Program, which otherwise...

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a settlement with Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas on Thursday. The settlement will result in small credits back to consumers, pending approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission. It i...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The SAFE-T Act is once again making headlines after a man on pretrial release was charged for the murder of Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew. Republicans are calling for changes to the law to make it easier to detain someone bef...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - La Gondola Spaghetti House in Downtown Bloomington announced it will be closing its doors this Saturday. The restaurant located on the corner of South Main Street and West Oakland Avenue posted a sign on its door saying its last day at this location will be May 2. This is after the location h...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A man wanted for attempted murder has been found, the Peoria County Sheriff's Office announced Friday morning. Posts from the Peoria Police Department, the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office and the Peoria County Sheriff's Office had been asking for information on the whereabouts of Christopher Rich...