SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois Department of Public Health announced its first confirmed case of measles in the state this year on Wednesday. The case involved an adult in far southern Illinois and was confirmed through laboratory testing, according to the IDPH news release. The IDPH is working with local health officials to see…… MORE
The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.… MORE
A longtime federal prosecutor was sworn in Wednesday as a new federal magistrate judge.… MORE
In an unscheduled hearing, former Reditus front man Aaron Rossi pleaded guilty to fraud and contraband charges, resolving the last of the criminal issues the former biotech wunderkind faced.… MORE
A judge has announced the trial start date for the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy accused of the murder of Sonya Massey.… MORE
Resource officers with the Bloomington-Normal schools have been selected for a national award.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that Bloomington will be among the grant recipients receiving help to revitalize their downtowns.… MORE
The sidewalks were full, and the streets flooded with people rallying against U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood.… MORE
There’s still time, Bloomington officials say, for residents to apply for money to remove lead paint from their homes.… MORE
By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON – The city of Bloomington’s Water Department temporarily switched its water source from Lake Evergreen to Lake Bloomington on Tuesday. The city announced the switch last week to help treat the algae bloom affecting Evergreen Lake and help further improve water quality, city spokeswoman Katherine Murphy said. Treatment of Lake Evergreen began…… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…