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...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington Police Department will be joining a statewide campaign to help reduce speeding. Law enforcement agencies across the state will be teaming up for "Illinois Speed Awareness Day" on July 22, said Bryce Janssen, a Bloomington police spokesman. On Wednesday, drivers can e...

By JULIA LEVY Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Middle Fork River Forest Preserve in Champaign County is Illinois' only International Dark Sky Place as judged by Dark Sky International. Other dark sky viewing is available across the state for celestial events occurring this su...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday - the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach...