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UPDATED: Woodford County Democrats apologize for social post about Alwan and Sons
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The Woodford County Democratic Central Committee apologized for a post accusing a local meat shop of turning on sprinklers with "malicious intent," during a protest. The Facebook...
Oct 21, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Woodford County Democrats/Facebook)
Town of Normal to purchase four pieces for planned sculpture park
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The town of Normal will buy four pieces of art for its planned sculpture park at Normal Plaza. At its Oct. 20 meeting, the Town Council approved the nearly $70,000 purchase of th...
Oct 21, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal/File)
Over $1M given to Peoria task force to combat auto crimes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - The Illinois Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias, announced on Monday that more than $1 million is coming to a Central Illinois task force. A total of $1,360,600 was award...
Oct 21, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Immigration officials seek to justify use of force on Chicago-area protesters
CHICAGO - Federal immigration enforcement officials overseeing the Trump administration's ongoing "Operation Midway Blitz" in the Chicago area testified Monday that all uses of aggressive crowd contro...
Oct 21, 2025 Several men in U.S. Border Patrol uniforms stand on the roof of an immigration processing center in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
A flurry of motions and rulings | Inside the Courtroom: The Sean Grayson Trial - Day 2
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Day 2 of the Sean Grayson murder trial had no jury present, but had a ton of legalese and case law thrown about as the two sides tried to settle up several pending motions before...
Oct 21, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Sangamon County Sheriff's Office)
Jury chosen in murder trial of former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson
By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com PEORIA - A jury was chosen Monday in the murder trial of former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson. Grayson wa...
Oct 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Sangamon County Sheriff's Office)
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Illinois
CHICAGO - The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the immediate deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, calling the decisions by lower court judges blocking t...
Oct 20, 2025 A man in military-style fatigues walks outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One dead after two-vehicle crash in McLean County
DOWNS, Ill. (WMBD) - One person is dead after a two vehicle crash near Downs in McLean County on Saturday. The crash happened on U.S. Route 150 at Cedar Street at about 3:25 p.m., according to prelimi...
Oct 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)
Truck crash closes part of I-74 near Le Roy
LE ROY, Ill. (WMBD) - Part of Interstate 74 closed on Saturday after a truck crash near Le Roy. The Illinois State Police responded to the crash that occurred at around 10:33 a.m., said ISP Trooper Sh...
Oct 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Flickr)
Illinois State University teacher's assistant arrested for alleged disorderly conduct
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - An Illinois State University teaching assistant was arrested for allegedly "disrupting two informational tabling events," campus officials said. Derek Lopez, 27 of El Paso, Ill.,...
Oct 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
