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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)
California man arrested after alleged $3 million cocaine haul on I-74
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - A California man was arrested on Interstate 74 after allegedly being found with more than $3 million of cocaine in a box truck. Osvaldo Anaya Ramirez, 40, was arrested and...
Aug 04, 2025 The man remains behind bars. (Photo courtesy: File)
Texas Dems flee to Illinois to block redistricting vote
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker welcomed a contingent of Texas House Democrats to Chicago Sunday night as part of a strategy to delay a vote in...
Aug 04, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker and Texas House Minority Leader Gene Wu talk to reporters from the DuPage County Democrats headquarters in Carol Stream after Democrats fled Texas to prevent a vote on a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
WJBC Back to School Shoe Drive with COUNTRY Financial Rep. Melissa Isenburg
It's time again for our Back to School Shoe Drive to make sure that local kids in our area have a pair of new gym shoes to head back to school! We are once again teaming with Country Financial Represe...
Aug 04, 2025
Illinois joins suit against Trump administration orders limiting gender-affirming care
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and other Democratic attorneys general are suing the Trump administrati...
Aug 01, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
