Category Archives: Top Stories
Downtown Bloomington to have road closures this week
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington is warning drivers of several road closures downtown this week. A post on the city's Facebook page said the following closures, will take place from ...
Sep 22, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Pixabay)
Nuclear power, battery storage funding at center of energy policy debate
After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming to reach a deal in time for a brief legislative session in October. The bill, in its...
Sep 19, 2025 An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Groundbreaking for new Tazewell County animal control center
TREMONT, Ill. (WMBD) - Tazewell County Animal Control broke ground on their brand-new facility on Thursday, Sept. 1,8 at 4:30 p.m. The new location is adjacent to the current location at 21314 State R...
Sep 19, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Lele, La Muñeca Mexicana, shows decades of history through the eyes of dolls
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Lele, la mueca mexicana, tells the story of Mexican and Ingenious culture through the eyes of small dolls called Lele's, bringing the roots of the culture to the Twin Cities...
Sep 19, 2025 (Photo courtesy: The Art Vortex/Facebook)
OPmobility to open first Illinois site at Rivian Supplier Park
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - OPmobility, a high-tech bumper builder, will construct its first facility in the state at Rivian's new Supplier Park. The company will be assembling Rivian's bumpers, with all of...
Sep 19, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Sale of Illinois newspapers puts new state law to the test
SPRINGFIELD - A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold eight of its Illinois papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership loc...
Sep 19, 2025 Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Caledonia, listens to debate in the Illinois Senate on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Champaign man charged in connection with alleged child sex crimes in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested in Normal for alleged child sex crimes on Wednesday, police say. Nathaniel L. Stokes, 35, of Champaign, faces charges of predatory criminal sexual assault and ...
Sep 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Normal Police)
Illinois to issue its own vaccine guidelines
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is among a growing list of states that are issuing their own vaccine guidelines that could supersede those of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gov. JB Pri...
Sep 18, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Home Sweet Home Ministries 'The Bridge' project on track to be completed by mid-December
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bridge Project is on track to be completed by the middle of December, giving the homeless a place to get out of the cold. The Bridge Project is a non-congregate shelter ...
Sep 18, 2025 Community leaders gathered earlier this year for a ground breaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy: HSHM)
New sports being offered to Unit 5 students
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - The McLean County Unit Five School Board is making changes to high school sports. At Wednesday's meeting, board members unanimously approved adding boys' volleyball and gi...
Sep 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy: McLean County Unit 5)
