Category Archives: Headlines
Menorah vandals sought by Normal Police
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Police here are seeking the public's help find two people accused of damaging a menorah earlier this month. According to a post on the Normal Police Department's Facebook page, t...
Sep 16, 2025 The two individuals are wanted for the crime. (Photo courtesy: Normal Police Dept. /Facebook)
McLean County Unit 5 School District highlights IT staff's vital role in education
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - McLean County Unit 5 School District took the unsung heroes of a modern education system out to lunch as a way to show their appreciation. Tuesday, Sept. 16 is National IT Profes...
Sep 16, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Unit 5/Facebook)
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
A legislative oversight panel formally objected Tuesday to a new administrative rule that temporarily allows the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail from incarcerated people and instea...
Sep 16, 2025 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois man arrested for alleged crimes against a minor
EUREKA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Southern Illinois man has been arrested for allegedly trying to travel to meet a child and grooming, according to the Woodford County Sheriff's Office. Matthew A. Cornes, 32, o...
Sep 16, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Normal allows pet owners up to three animals per species
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The town of Normal is now allowing pet owners to increase the number of pets they can own. At Monday's council meeting, councilmembers voted to increase the number of pets to thr...
Sep 16, 2025 Normal Town Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal)
Home Sweet Home Ministries will Give Big for Families in need this Thanksgiving
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Home Sweet Home Ministries has started collecting food donations for their "Big Give" event to use for their Thanksgiving "Give Thanks" Event this year. "Right now we're kin...
Sep 15, 2025 Matt Burgess. (Photo courtesy: Home Sweet Home Ministries)
Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders - especially Trump - to tone down rhetoric
Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders - starting with President Donald Trump - need to do more to condemn political violence. "He actively fans the flames of division, as he did on Friday, regularly...
Sep 15, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association annual breakfast meeting in Springfield on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Bloomington-Normal groups rally in solidarity with Chicago against ICE actions
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Bloomington-Normal community members gathered downtown Saturday to protest what they call unwanted federal intervention in Illinois. The event, "Bloomington-Normal Stands wi...
Sep 15, 2025 The rally was outside of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo courtesy: File)
Conservative researcher Ted Dabrowski enters Illinois GOP primary for governor
Ted Dabrowski, the leader of a conservative research publication, officially announced Friday he will run for Illinois governor in the 2026 Republican primary. Dabrowski's Wirepoints.org publishes res...
Sep 15, 2025 Ted Dabrowski talks to fellow Republicans at a State Central Committee meeting in Springfield on Aug. 14, 2025.
As energy bill continues to take shape, a key Senate architect plans to retire
CHICAGO - Sen. Bill Cunningham, a Chicago Democrat with a reputation for taking charge of energy and climate change legislation, will step down at the end of his current term. Before leaving in Januar...
Sep 15, 2025 Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
