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Traffic diverted as I-74 undergoes emergency road work
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A stretch of Interstate 74 will be closed for the remainder of the day due to emergency road repairs, according to state police. In a post on their Facebook page, Illinois State ...
Aug 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
DOJ demands sensitive Illinois voter registration data after state responds
SPRINGFIELD - The U.S. Department of Justice is insisting Illinois election officials hand over the state's entire computerized voter registration database, including sensitive information such as dri...
Aug 18, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions during a news conference Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois newsrooms receive $4 million from state through tax credits
By JOHN VOLK Medill Local News Initiative Forty Illinois local news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving $4 million in state tax credits under a new law designed to encourage the retention and...
Aug 08, 2025 Left to right: Jeff Rogers, Don Craven and Anna Brugmann.
Flying Dragons Club loses $50,000 in gear after theft of truck
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Flying Dragon's Pole Vault Club in Normal was robbed while at a junior Olympic competition in Texas. At around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, two people stole over $50,000 worth of ite...
Aug 08, 2025 Photo courtesy" Flying Dragons/Facebook)
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)
