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BREAKING: Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy guilty of Second-Degree murder
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The 12 jurors, in the trial of Sean Grayson for the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, found him guilty of second degree murder. The jury's verdict, which came after just shy o...
Oct 29, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Sangamon County Jail)
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires' investments to fund transit
SPRINGFIELD - Two key negotiators on public transit reform in the Illinois House filed a bill Tuesday to raise up to $2 billion for public transit by taxing entertainment and the unrealized investment...
Oct 29, 2025 Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, D-Chicago, speaks in an Illinois House committee about a public transportation reform bill on May 31, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois joins lawsuit to force federal government not to pause SNAP benefits
Illinois joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over plans to stop funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday as the federal gover...
Oct 29, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
ICYMI: Four members of Illinois GOP candidate Darren Bailey's family killed in helicopter crash
Four members of Illinois Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey's family were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, the campaign announced early Thursday morning. According to the campai...
Oct 24, 2025 Bailey’s son Zachary, his daughter-in-law Kelsey and two grandchildren, 12-year-old Vada Rose and 7-year-old Samuel, died when the helicopter. The couple’s 10-year-old son, Finn, center, was not on board at the time. (Courtesy Bailey campaign)
Fate of Illinois' first-in-the-nation credit card 'swipe fee' ban awaits judge's ruling
CHICAGO - A law that would make Illinois the first jurisdiction in the world to ban financial institutions from charging "interchange fees" on the tax and tip portions of debit and credit card transac...
Oct 24, 2025 : The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents
CHICAGO - After urging Illinoisians last month to record concerning actions by federal agents, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday creating a commission to review documentation submitt...
Oct 24, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs an executive order in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 23, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document abuses by federal agents. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Expert: Grayson didn't follow departmental policies | Inside the Courtroom: Sean Grayson trial - Day 4
UPDATED (5:30 p.m.) - Sean Grayson was not in an imminent threat of harm from Sonya Massey, maintained an expert in police training During a lengthy back and forth with defense attorney Mark Wykoff, r...
Oct 24, 2025 Sean Grayson. (Photo courtesy: Macon County Law Enforcement Center)
Crisis intervention teacher discusses training | Inside the Courtroom: Sean Grayson trial - Day 4
UPDATED (2:00 p.m.) - Jurors in the Sean Grayson murder trial learned that mature police officers tend to be the ones who can deal with challenges to their authority, while immature ones cannot. Sgt. ...
Oct 23, 2025 Sean Grayson. (Photo courtesy: Macon County Law Enforcement Center)
Jeffries' Illinois redistricting push meets cool reception in Springfield
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' push for Illinois Democrats to redraw the state's congressional map as a counter to President Donald Trump's mid-decade redistricting project in GOP-led sta...
Oct 23, 2025 U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks at an Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch in Springfield in August 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Construction-related traffic delays expected in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Some drivers in Bloomington can expect some construction-related delays starting on Thursday. Asphalt binder operations are expected to impact parts of Oakland Avenue, Prosp...
Oct 23, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
