Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The McLean County Chamber of Commerce put on its fall job fair, which brought in 350 prospective employees to learn about 50 different employers. "We're here today for the Fall Job Fair, which is hosted by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce. This one for the fall is sponsored by Ferre...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Midwest Food Bank is partnering with the Salvation Army and PNC Bank to feed families in need this holiday season. "It's an opportunity for families who may struggle during the holiday season to make sure that they have a great holiday meal," said Major Heath Sells, Central Illinois ...

PEORIA - Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that Sean Grayson fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Sangamon County kitchen on July 6, 2024, after she called to report a prowler. But the crux of the murder case against Grayson is whether he feared for his and his fellow deputy's lives when he fired a shot that struck ...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Normal police officers are getting a new redesigned patch as part of the agency's uniform makeover. The new patches are similar to the old ones, but it has silver and blue trim instead of the old white and gold trim. It also just says "police" instead of the old patches that say "Po...

UPDATED (1:50 p.m.): Sonya Massey did nothing or said nothing that was threatening, said one of the two deputies who responded to her house last summer. Rather, said Deputy Dawson Farley of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, it was the actions of his partner that night, Sean Grayson, who put him on a "heightene...

UPDATED (1:35 p.m.): The Bloomington Police Department released the name of a man arrested for a Bloomington shooting on Tuesday that left a man dead. Deshaun Bussell, 25, of Bloomington, was arrested and booked in the McLean County Jail on charges of murder and aggravated battery, said Bloomington police spokesman Bry...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Cook County man was released from custody pending the outcome of allegations he shot a woman at Bradley University early Sunday. Edward Traywick Jr., 19, of Lansing appeared Tuesday in front of Peoria County Circuit Judge Mark Gilles, who denied the prosecutors' request to detain him pending his...