Category Archives: Headlines
UPDATED: Former ISU teacher's assistant arrested for alleged threats against Donald Trump
EL PASO, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested for allegedly making threats against President Donald Trump. Derek Lopez, 27, of El Paso, was arrested on a federal warrant for making alleged threats against...
Oct 29, 2025
Illinois joins lawsuit to force federal government not to pause SNAP benefits
Illinois joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over plans to stop funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday as the federal gover...
Oct 29, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Bovino ordered to make daily court appearances after three days of tear gas in Chicago
CHICAGO - In his highly anticipated appearance in a federal courtroom Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino - who has become the face of the Trump administration's ongoing "...
Oct 29, 2025 U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino signals to immigration agents as he leaves the Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Oct. 28. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Deliberations continue and two more questions | Inside the Courtroom: Sean Grayson trial - Day 8
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Jurors in the Sean Grayson murder trial have been deliberating for a bit early Wednesday morning and already had two questions. One was to see another exhibit - legalese for a pi...
Oct 29, 2025 Sean Grayson. (Photo courtesy: Macon County Law Enforcement Center)
Gov. Pritzker dedicates $400 million to Peoria transport projects
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Governor Pritzker announced $400 million in Rebuild Illinois money for transportation projects in the greater Peoria area. He made the announcement at Peoria Notre Dame High Scho...
Oct 28, 2025 Gov. Pritzker (Photo courtesy: Capitol News Illinois)
U.S. House Minority Leader Jeffries accelerates Illinois redistricting push
While candidates filed petitions Monday to run under Illinois' existing congressional district lines, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries brought his redistricting campaign to Illinois, pitchin...
Oct 28, 2025 U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks to reporters outside of Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Brenden Moore)
WMBD wins Station of the Year at Silver Domes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - WMBD took home three downstate Silver Dome awards at the DoubleTree Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield on Monday. WMBD won 2025 Station of the Year for a medium TV market,...
Oct 28, 2025
'Send anyone else, and Sonya Massey would still be alive,' | Inside the Courtroom: Sean Grayson trial - Day 7
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The jury has begun to deliberate in the Sean Grayson murder trial. The panel of 12 went out at about 11:40 a.m. And now it's a waiting game for both the Grayson family as well as...
Oct 28, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
Crowded Dem primaries, GOP field for governor take shape as candidates file for office
SPRINGFIELD - Four years ago, candidates braved a mix of rain and snow. Two years ago, it was bone-chilling cold. But on Monday, the sun was shining with an Autumn crisp in the air as hundreds of cand...
Oct 28, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker and lieutenant governor candidate Christian Mitchell prepare to file nominating petitions at the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27. Between them is Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar, who is running for lieutenant governor on the GOP ticket alongside former state Sen. Darren Bailey. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State rep., comptroller candidate's ICE disclosures draw threats from DOJ
CHICAGO - As state officials continue seeking ways to counter aggressive immigration enforcement activity under President Donald Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz," state Rep. Margaret Croke has drawn i...
Oct 28, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces a new Plate Watch Hotline in a YouTube video, in which an ICE agent apparently says, “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.” (Screenshots by Capitol News Illinois)
