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City Council votes to ease housing barriers in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Housing was the controversial topic at Monday's Bloomington City Council meeting. City council members voted on three items and public comment ran long because of resolution...
Sep 09, 2025 Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington/Facebook)
Man arrested after alleged robbery in Normal last week
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested in connection with an apparent robbery at a Dollar General store. Calvin Jones, 55, of Normal, was arrested on charges of robbery, aggravated robbery, and burg...
Sep 08, 2025
Grove Street Bakery marks new era with farewell and welcome party
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Grove Street Bakery announced its closure in mid-July, but soon after, a new owner came in a purchased the bakery, allowing it to stay open. Lizzie Kalafut, the new owne...
Sep 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Grove Street Bakery/Facebook)
Bloomington Fire Dept. captain retires after two decades of service
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington Fire Department captain finished his last shift Wednesday after more than two decades of service, according to a post on the department's Facebook page. Capt. ...
Sep 04, 2025 (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington Fire/ Facebook)
Bloomington 'Paint's the Town Purple' for National Recovery Month
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - September is National Recovery Month, and one organization is raising awareness by encouraging the community to Paint the Town Purple. Paint the Town Purple is a month-long ...
Sep 04, 2025 City of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington/Facebook)
Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Elections said this week it will not hand over to the Trump administration a copy of the state's complete, unredacted voter registration database, citing stat...
Sep 04, 2025 A letter from the Illinois State Board of Elections to the U.S. Department of Justice outlines the state’s concerns with the department’s efforts to collect sensitive voter data. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)
Illinois' tourism push includes millions for NASCAR events
NASCAR will not be returning to Chicago streets next summer as the racing series takes its road act to likely sunnier weather in San Diego following two rain-plagued races out of its three years in Ch...
Sep 03, 2025 Grant Park in Chicago hosted three NASCAR Cup Series races that were partially funded by grants from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Bloomington man dies while on pretrial release in trafficking case
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington man arrested for traveling to meet a minor and solicitation of a child has died while on pretrial release. 58-year-old Thad E. Olson was arrested on Aug. 22 in...
Sep 03, 2025 The man died while on pre-trial release. (Photo courtesy: File)
As Trump declares 'we're going in,' Pritzker says 'terror and cruelty is the point'
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he expects Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to employ the same aggressive strategies they used in Los Angeles earlier this summer after President Donald Trump s...
Sep 03, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker, left, speaks at a Sept. 2 news conference to reporters ahead of potential military deployments in Chicago. Pictured behind him, from left to right: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Bloomington's O'Neil Aquatics Center expands summer programs
BLOOMINGTON, Ill (WMBD) - As summer comes to an unofficial close, O'Neil Aquatics Center had its last day of operation on Labor Day. Bloomington parks and recreation program manager for aquatics and y...
Sep 02, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
