Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker OKs changes to Prisoner Review Board following years of controversy
Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board....
Jun 23, 2025
Victory Church celebrates grand reopening more than three years after devastating fire
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - More than three years after a fire destroyed their building, Victory Church in Bloomington marked a powerful comeback with a two-day Grand Reopening and Dedication Celebrati...
Jun 23, 2025 Victory Church. (Photo courtesy: Victory Church/File)
On the Record: Breaking down the $55 billion budget with state Senators Koehler, Arellano
Gov. Pritzker signs the state budget. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/File)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois passed a record $55.2 billion budget this year, an increase of $2 billion, but the de...
Jun 17, 2025
Normal council approves change to short term rental rules, new playground
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Normal Town Council approved an amendment to its short-term rental rules.During Monday's meeting, new rules were...
Jun 17, 2025
Illinois Gov. Pritzker signed $55.1B state budget plan
Gov. Pritzker signed the budget Monday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/Facebook)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) - Gov. JB Pritzker, along with fellow politicians, took the stage today to sign the f...
Jun 16, 2025
Storms could bring damaging winds and hail to central Illinois
Central Illinois could experience hail this weekend. (Photo courtesy: File Photo)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - After a relatively quiet stretch of weather, a more active pattern will bring the threat of sever...
Jun 16, 2025
ICYMI: Ex-Speaker Madigan sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for bribery, corruption
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the first day of his corruption trial on Oct. 22, 2024. Madigan indicated he will testify in his own defense o...
Jun 16, 2025
No Kings Rally draws massive crowd in Downtown Bloomington
The rally was held outside the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - More than 1,000 people packed Bloomington's downtown on Saturday, for a ...
Jun 16, 2025
Professors sue Bradley University saying 2023 staffing cuts were improper
(Photo courtesy: Bradley University)PEORIA, Ill (WMBD) - A federal lawsuit alleges Bradley University breached contracts with its faculty, failed to abide by its own faculty handbook and rac...
Jun 13, 2025
Motorcyclist dead after McLean County crash
(Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) ELLSWORTH, Ill. (WMBD) - A man is dead after a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in McLean County.Deputies with the McLean County Sheriff's Office were dispatched at 7:3...
Jun 13, 2025
