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Local police department reacts to appearance in Netflix show 'Wednesday'
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A local police department got their Hollywood break after an ab-Normal cameo in a Netflix original show. In a scene in season two of "Wednesday," a mugshot of "Thing" sporting a ...
Aug 08, 2025 Normal Police Department (Photo courtesy: NPD)
Pritzker: FBI can't arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker brushed aside suggestions Thursday that FBI agents could be deployed to arrest a group of Texas D...
Aug 08, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters outside the Illinois State Fairgrounds after cutting a ribbon to officially open the fair on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
First look: 2025 Illinois State Fair butter cow unveiled
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - State officials ushered in the start of the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday with the annual unveiling of the butt...
Aug 06, 2025 The 2025 Illinois State Fair butter cow is pictured in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The 2025 fair theme is “Adventure Awaits.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Longtime ComEd lobbyist gets 1 year in prison for role in Madigan bribery scheme
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Longtime Chicago lobbyist Jay Doherty was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison for his role in a yearslong b...
Aug 06, 2025 Former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist and City Club of Chicago director Jay Doherty leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Aug. 5, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Normal man sentenced to 6 decades for child pornography charges
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A Normal man will spend sixty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after he was sentenced for several child pornography charges. Scott T. Johnson, 26, was sentenced mo...
Aug 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy: file)
Darin LaHood launches 2026 re-election bid for Congress
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Congressman Darin LaHood has announced his campaign for re-election for Illinois's 16th Congressional District in the 2026 midterms. LaHood has represented nearly 750,000 residen...
Aug 05, 2025 Congressman Darin LaHood. (Photo courtesy: Darin LaHood/Facebook)
Caterpillar sales drop 1% in 2025 Q2, blames low prices
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Caterpillar has posted a drop in 2025-second quarter results. The company made $16.6 billion in sales in revenue for the second quarter of this year. That's a 1% drop from the $1...
Aug 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy: file)
Bloomington police receive firearm enforcement grant
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A local police department received state funding to support firearm enforcement. The Bloomington Police Department received a $21,519.69 grant as part of the fourth round of...
Aug 05, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Aquifer protection, Chicago pension boost among more than 100 new laws
By BEN SZALINSKI, ANDREW ADAMS & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the sp...
Aug 04, 2025 The Illinois Capitol is shown in May 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Man arrested after allegedly shooting gun near woman in El Paso
EL PASO, Ill. (WMBD) - A man is in custody after allegedly shooting a gun near a woman. Derrico Quinn, 36, was arrested and booked on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and dome...
Aug 04, 2025 Derrico Quinn. (Photo courtesy: Woodford County Sheriff's Office)
