Category Archives: Headlines
Illinois orders Flock Safety to halt data sharing with Customs
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency illegally gained access to license plate reader cameras within Illinois, the state's top prosecutor alleged Monday. Secretary of Sta...
Aug 25, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
SPRINGFIELD - Federal officials are continuing to press their demand for Illinois' unredacted voter registration database, which includes sensitive personal information, and are now giving state offic...
Aug 25, 2025 Election workers check voters’ names against a registration list and hand out ballots at a polling place in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
McLean County man charged in abortion pill homicide case
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Normal man will be held pending the outcome of his case after allegedly giving abortion-inducing medicine to a pregnant woman without her consent. Emerson Evans, 31, appea...
Aug 25, 2025 (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington Police/Facebook)
DCFS timeline in foster child's death reveals 10 caseworkers, but no credible findings of abuse
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com Two days before police found Mackenzi Felmlee gasping for breath at the bottom of the stairs, her caseworker noted the fo...
Aug 25, 2025 The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services released a timeline into the case of Mackenzi Felmlee, inset, who mysteriously died in her Fairview Heights foster home. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
United Methodist Church buys billboard space that hosted Proud Boys sign
BREESE, Ill. - In response to the uproar over a Proud Boys message displayed on a billboard near Central Community High School, the United Methodist Church has a simple message: "Hate Divides, Love Un...
Aug 22, 2025 The United Methodist Church announced it will rent the billboard space where a Proud Boys hate group billboard cropped recently. They’ll replace it with a “Hate Divides… Love Unites” campaign. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Molly Parker, artwork provided by the United Methodist Church)
Illinois State University launches new College of Engineering
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois State University kicked off the new College of Engineering with its first-ever day of classes and guest speakers in Williams Hall on Monday. "We had a great first day in...
Aug 22, 2025 ISU's President and Dean of College of Engineering pose for a photo. (Photo courtesy: ISU/Facebook)
New laws aim to shield providers of abortion meds, ban ticketing in schools
By PETER HANCOCK & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed the final two bills from the spring session Friday, giving his approval to more than 430...
Aug 22, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill in Springfield on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pritzker signs law expanding lawsuit protections for Illinois news media
A state law designed to prevent lawsuits that curtail public participation in government now explicitly protects the news media. Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure into law on Thursday that was spurred...
Aug 22, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from the news media at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois warns of gambling scams
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois is warning people to make sure they are using a regulated site when they are gambling after a slew of scams. From 2022 to the middl...
Aug 21, 2025 (Photo courtesy: file)
New IWU football coach wants to honor the Titan's past
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - For the first time in nearly four decades, Illinois Wesleyan is heading into the football season with a new coach. Jared Williamson is getting ready to coach his first ...
Aug 21, 2025 Jared Williamson, IWU Football Head Coach. (Photo courtesy: IWU)
