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WMBD Remembers General Manager Shaun Newell
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - At WMBD-TV, Shaun Newell wasn't just a general manager-he was a storyteller at heart. Newell, who passed away Monday at the age of 47, believed deeply in the power of media to ma...
Oct 01, 2025
State, private developers break ground on quantum research park
CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with th...
Oct 01, 2025 Harley Johnson, head of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, speaks at the park’s Sept. 30, 2025 groundbreaking ceremony.
13-year-olds arrested in Bloomington for allegedly shooting into the air
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Two teens have been arrested on alleged weapons charges after shots were fired Saturday morning. The two 13-year-olds, whose names were not released as they are minors, were...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington Police/Facebook)
Voter fraud case leads to arrest of Bloomington woman
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington woman has been arrested after a voter fraud investigation. On Monday, Sept. 29, Suniti Sud, 55, was arrested on three counts of voting fraud following a joint ...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
New lawsuits against Trump's immigration actions continue to take shape
Illinois cannot yet file suit against the federal government for an apparent plan to send federal troops to Chicago, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, but if boots hit the ground, President Donald Tr...
Sep 30, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns on Monday, Sept. 29, he would sue the Trump administration if federal troops arrive in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Bloomington Mayor Brady joins Illinois Municipal League board
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady has been elected to the Illinois Municipal League Board of Directors. On Saturday, Sept. 20, new leading officers were elected at the Annual Busi...
Sep 30, 2025 Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady. (Photo courtesy: WJBC)
Former Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby sells more than $8M in company stock
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Former Caterpillar CEO and current board chairman Jim Umpleby has sold off another large block of company stock. According to SEC filings, Umpleby's trust sold more than 17,000 s...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: CAT)
ISU men's hoops picked as preseason favorite in MVC poll
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois State men's hoops were selected as the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference for the first time in nearly a quarter century, according to the poll release...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: ISU/Twitter)
Peoria could get its direct train line to Chicago under an Illinois bill
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Peoria community leaders held a town hall Monday night to discuss how the city could benefit from the Chicago transit bill in Springfield. The Windy City's public transportation ...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Pritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. 'What I have been warning of is now being realized'
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to send 100 military troops to Chicago, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who assailed the move as the Trump administration's latest - yet not unforeseen - ...
Sep 30, 2025
