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OPmobility to open first Illinois site at Rivian Supplier Park
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - OPmobility, a high-tech bumper builder, will construct its first facility in the state at Rivian's new Supplier Park. The company will be assembling Rivian's bumpers, with all of...
Sep 19, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Sale of Illinois newspapers puts new state law to the test
SPRINGFIELD - A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold eight of its Illinois papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership loc...
Sep 19, 2025 Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Caledonia, listens to debate in the Illinois Senate on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Champaign man charged in connection with alleged child sex crimes in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested in Normal for alleged child sex crimes on Wednesday, police say. Nathaniel L. Stokes, 35, of Champaign, faces charges of predatory criminal sexual assault and ...
Sep 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Normal Police)
Illinois to issue its own vaccine guidelines
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is among a growing list of states that are issuing their own vaccine guidelines that could supersede those of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gov. JB Pri...
Sep 18, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Home Sweet Home Ministries 'The Bridge' project on track to be completed by mid-December
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bridge Project is on track to be completed by the middle of December, giving the homeless a place to get out of the cold. The Bridge Project is a non-congregate shelter ...
Sep 18, 2025 Community leaders gathered earlier this year for a ground breaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy: HSHM)
New sports being offered to Unit 5 students
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - The McLean County Unit Five School Board is making changes to high school sports. At Wednesday's meeting, board members unanimously approved adding boys' volleyball and gi...
Sep 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: McLean County Unit 5)
Durbin calls to restore public broadcasting funds after cut
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WMBD) - Illinois' senior U.S. Senator and Democratic Whip, Dick Durbin, met with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Wednesday on the impacts of the Rescissions Act of 2025, o...
Sep 17, 2025 Sen. Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: Dick Durbin/Facebook)
Rivian 'accelerating American manufacturing' with Georgia plant
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga., (WMBD) - Rivian Automotive Inc. held a groundbreaking event for a new manufacturing plant in Georgia on Tuesday. The event featured Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp among a slew of other st...
Sep 17, 2025 (Photo courtesy Rivian/Facebook)
Lawsuit leads to release of federal funding for EV chargers in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will release a new round of federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration initially sought to withhold it. The state on Wednesday an...
Sep 17, 2025 An electric vehicle charging station pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
'We are not backing down': Feds ramp up immigration raids in Chicago area
The federal government is significantly ramping up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area as a specialized federal law enforcement team arrived in Chicago on Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Prot...
Sep 17, 2025 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with one of two men being processed by Homeland Security officials during a visit to Springfield on May 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
