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BREAKING: Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy guilty of Second-Degree murder
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The 12 jurors, in the trial of Sean Grayson for the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, found him guilty of second degree murder. The jury's verdict, which came after just shy o...
Oct 29, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Sangamon County Jail)
Heartland Community College dedicates garden to honor long-time employee
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Heartland Community College dedicated a garden to one of its first employees on Tuesday. The garden was dedicated to Ann Pontius, who joined the college as a lab assistant in 199...
Oct 29, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Heartland Community College)
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires' investments to fund transit
SPRINGFIELD - Two key negotiators on public transit reform in the Illinois House filed a bill Tuesday to raise up to $2 billion for public transit by taxing entertainment and the unrealized investment...
Oct 29, 2025 Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, D-Chicago, speaks in an Illinois House committee about a public transportation reform bill on May 31, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
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
