Category Archives: Local News
UPDATED: Sheriff identifies alleged shooter in South Pekin double homicide
The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)SOUTH PEKIN (WMBD) - A 21-year-old man is in jail Thursday afternoon, hours after he allegedly shot and killed two people at a South ...
Apr 24, 2025 The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: File)
Groundbreaking for Constitution Trail expansion at Heartland College
Pictured (left to right): Jim Jacobs, CEO at COUNTRY Financial, and Keith Cornille, President of Heartland Community College. (Photo courtesy: Heartland) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Heartland Community Coll...
Apr 24, 2025
UPDATED: Two dead in South Pekin shooting; suspect arrested
The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flicker/File) SOUTH PEKIN (WMBD) - Two people are dead and one person is in custody after an early Thursday morning double shooting in South Peki...
Apr 24, 2025
Aaron Rossi admits guilt in fraud and contraband case
Aaron Rossi (Photo courtesy: File) PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - In an unscheduled hearing, former Reditus front man Aaron Rossi pleaded guilty to fraud and contraband charges, resolving the last of the crimi...
Apr 23, 2025
Murder trial date for Sean Grayson announced
A Macon County Sheriff's Office mugshot of Sean Grayson was taken on Oct. 24. Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy, is charged with the first-degree murder of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Bl...
Apr 23, 2025
Student Resource Officers in Bloomington-Normal schools receive award
(Photo courtesy: Unit 5) BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Resource officers with the Bloomington-Normal schools have been selected for a national award.In a post on Unit 5's Facebook page, they ...
Apr 23, 2025
Bloomington to receive $1.9 million to revitalize downtown
(Photo courtesy WMBD-TV)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that Bloomington will be among the grant recipients receiving help to revitalize their downtowns.Pritzker announce...
Apr 23, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
‘His dad would be ashamed of him’: Large rally in Uptown Normal to protest Rep. LaHood
Congressman LaHood visited the Scott Miller show Tuesday morning. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The sidewalks were full, and the streets flooded with people rallying against U.S. Re...
Apr 22, 2025
Bloomington residents urged to apply for lead paint program
(Photo courtesy WMBD-TV)BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - There's still time, Bloomington officials say, for residents to apply for money to remove lead paint from their homes.The lead paint remediation...
Apr 22, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Heartland hosting emergency exercise Friday
Heartland Community College. (Photo courtesy: Heartland) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Heartland Community Collage announced that it will be hosting a large-scale emergency response exercise on Friday.The exe...
Apr 09, 2025
