By WMBD TV OGLESBY, Ill. (WMBD) - The $18 million trail improvement project at Starved Rock State Park and Lodge will reopen several closed trails and expand hiking and recreation at what is considered Illinois' most visited park. The work is slated to start this winter, but the park, which attracts more than 2 million...

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a probe into the conduct of one of U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth's aides, who is accused of misrepresenting himself to visit a Staunton restaurant owner who was detained by immigration agent...

By BRENDEN MOORE Capitol News Illinois bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Saying that he could not justify "playing with other people's lives" as millions of Americans went without their paychecks and benefits, Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his vote to reopen the government earlier this we...

By WMBD TV WASHINGTON D.C. (WMBD) - A day after the government shutdown ended, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen said Republicans have no plans to reduce healthcare costs. "What is incredible to me is you have Republicans that will say, oh, we need to fix the health care system, yet where's the plan?" said the Moline D...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD-TV) - Bradley University hosted three former lawmakers on Thursday to discuss bipartisanship. That comes shortly after a partisan battle took the spotlight during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Partisan politics are a little foreign to Ray LaHood, a former Republican cong...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A man is dead after being struck Wednesday night by a small SUV on Veterans Parkway. The collisions occurred at about 7:10 p.m. on Veterans Parkway in between Oakland Avenue and East Lincoln Street. It occurred in the roadway, and there is no crosswalk in that area, said Bryce Jans...

It's time for the 25th Anniversary of Toys for Tots here in McLean County! Every year WJBC teams up with McLean County Toys For Tots to collect donations of new, unwrapped toys for the kids of McLean County. Over the years 130,000 children have been helped here in the McLean County area. This year, to celebrate the 25t...

By WMBD TV WASHINGTON D.C. (WMBD) - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said he's most likely a no vote on continuing the Affordable Care Act tax credit program Democrats have fought so hard to continue. "Clearly, we have to do something about the high cost of health care, but carte blanche, renewing the ACA tax credit is not ...