Category Archives: Headlines
Central Illinois: Severe weather threat Tuesday and Wednesday
By WMBD TV PEORIA, ILL (WMBD) - It looks like the active start to severe weather season we've experienced so far in 2026 isn't pumping the breaks anytime soon. Another week of active weather is shapin...
Apr 13, 2026
Two Tazewell County Jail officers injured in jail altercation
By WMBD TV EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Two officers at the Tazewell County Jail were injured after an inmate "charged" at them, officials said. The officers were responding Sunday afternoon to the inma...
Apr 13, 2026
Tazewell County investigators search for additional remains after human skull found
By WMBD TV EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Mushroom hunters found what they thought was a human skeleton Sunday afternoon, resulting in the closure of a road in a wooded area southeast of East Peoria for s...
Apr 13, 2026 The incident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker's abortion fund proposal
By BEN SZALINSKI, BRENDEN MOORE, NIKOEL HYTREK, & JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - For the second time in three years, the Illinois House voted to ...
Apr 13, 2026 Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, speaks on the House floor in April 2024. Morgan sponsored a measure to ban junk fees in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria man sentenced to life for August 2024 double murder
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The life sentence for Stevie Linwood, Jr. was a foregone conclusion as it's required by state law. Linwood, 44, apologized to the families of Jakaiden Rynearson and Zaneta Winter...
Apr 10, 2026 (Photo courtesy: file)
Children's Discovery Museum unveils 'From Farm to a Healthy Me' exhibit
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Children's Discovery Museum in Normal celebrated the opening of their new exhibit, "From Farm to a Healthy Me," with a ribbon-cutting Thursday afternoon. "Kids are going to c...
Apr 10, 2026
Illinois House approves ban on junk fees, Pritzker's abortion fund proposal
By BEN SZALINSKI, BRENDEN MOORE, NIKOEL HYTREK, & JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - For the second time in three years, the Illinois House voted to ...
Apr 10, 2026 Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, speaks on the House floor in April 2024. Morgan sponsored a measure to ban junk fees in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Unit 5 reveals enrollment plan, keeps Carlock and Glenn open
By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - McLean County Unit School District 5 held a virtual enrollment plan presentation for families on Thursday. Superintendent Kristen Weikle presented the plan. The recomm...
Apr 10, 2026 (Photo courtesy: McLean County Unit 5)
State education officials present $10.9B budget request to fund public schools
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Story Summary The Illinois State Board of Education presented its budget request for $10.9 billion to fund public schools in the...
Apr 10, 2026 Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders, left, and State Board of Education member Patricia Nugent, present the agency’s $10.9 billion budget request to a House appropriations committee Tuesday, April 7. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Madigan's high-powered appeals team urges 7th Circuit to overturn speaker's conviction
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary An attorney for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan argued to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ...
Apr 10, 2026 Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on corruption charges on June 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
