Category Archives: Headlines
Housing funding cut in Illinois budget as homelessness increases
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The number of homeless people in Illinois is rising, but the state's spending on homeless prevention and other h...
Jul 07, 2025 Several tents sit just off of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, in a park known for its homeless encampments. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
David Perkins wins first PGA Tour championship
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada (WMBD) - East Peoria graduate David Perkins won his first PGA championship Sunday at the Omnium Explore NB Open in Canada. Perkins won a purse of more than $200,000,...
Jul 07, 2025 David Perkins (Photo courtesy: Illinois State University)
Man arrested for alleged connection in three Bloomington burglaries
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was charged in connection to three business robberies in Bloomington earlier this week. Jacob C. Stone, 25, was arrested on several counts of burglary, reckless discha...
Jul 07, 2025 Bloomington Police (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Police/File)
Bartonville man indicted for allegedly injuring his own infant son
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bartonville man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly seriously injuring his own infant child. Gabriel King, 24, faces the single count of aggravated battery against a child in co...
Jul 02, 2025 The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: File)
Pritzker signs health care legislation
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related bills Tuesday that he said would put more controls on the pricing of pharm...
Jul 02, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs two bills related to health care costs at a hospital in Peoria, including a bill that puts more controls on pharmacy benefit managers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Normal Community grad, pitcher Mason Burns promoted to the Peoria Chiefs
(Photo courtesy: Peoria Chiefs/Facebook) PERIA, Illinois (WMBD) - Normal Community graduate and minor-league pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals franchise Mason Burns was officially promoted to ...
Jul 01, 2025
Pritzker selects former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell as running mate
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell will be his running mate for the 2026 campaign. ...
Jul 01, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker has chosen Christian Mitchell to be his running mate in the 2026 gubernatorial election, replacing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is running for U.S. Senate. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Photo by Dun Boyer, Wiki Commons, CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license)
New Normal fire station set to improve community response times
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the Normal Fire Station 2 will be reborn, albeit in a different part of town. The Normal Fire Department is making progress on its $8 millio...
Jul 01, 2025 Photo courtesy: Normal Fire Department/Facebook
Tazewell County certifies 95,000th marriage milestone
PEKIN, Illinois (WMBD) - Tazewell County just hit a milestone last Friday that the county clerk John Ackerman and his staff have been tracking for a year and a half. Tazewell County was established in...
Jul 01, 2025 Photo courtesy: File
'Hidden gem': Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination
By SONYA DYMOVA & MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com WOLF LAKE. Ill. - Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois' Shawnee Natio...
Jun 30, 2025 Machaela Sweeney enjoys the view at the top of Inspiration Point near the Mississippi River in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Maggie Dougherty)
