Category Archives: Top Stories
Former Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby sells more than $8M in company stock
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Former Caterpillar CEO and current board chairman Jim Umpleby has sold off another large block of company stock. According to SEC filings, Umpleby's trust sold more than 17,000 s...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: CAT)
ISU men's hoops picked as preseason favorite in MVC poll
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Illinois State men's hoops were selected as the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference for the first time in nearly a quarter century, according to the poll release...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: ISU/Twitter)
Peoria could get its direct train line to Chicago under an Illinois bill
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Peoria community leaders held a town hall Monday night to discuss how the city could benefit from the Chicago transit bill in Springfield. The Windy City's public transportation ...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
Pritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. 'What I have been warning of is now being realized'
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to send 100 military troops to Chicago, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who assailed the move as the Trump administration's latest - yet not unforeseen - ...
Sep 30, 2025
Bloomington man dies days after crash last weekend
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington man is dead after an early morning traffic crash last weekend. Travis Floyd, 22, was pronounced dead at Carle BroMenn Medical Center at 9:24 a.m. on Wednesday,...
Sep 29, 2025 The crash remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flickr)
Illinois law prohibits sheriffs from assisting ICE with civil immigration enforcement
CHICAGO - As the U.S. government escalates immigration raids in Illinois and nationwide, some Illinois sheriffs are expressing support and a desire for greater cooperation with federal immigration enf...
Sep 29, 2025 Law enforcement badges from sheriff and police departments across the state and the U.S. are displayed on a wall in the Pulaski County Courthouse. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Maggie Dougherty)
As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meeting
Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders in Chicago canceled a meeting scheduled for Friday with members of Illinois' congressional delegation. Illinois' Democratic members of Congress had asked fo...
Sep 29, 2025 U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, a Chicago Democrat, is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in 2022, when she served as a state representative. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois State University president celebrates annual achievements
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The president of Illinois State University delivered the annual State of the University address, highlighting many achievements they have made in the past year. Some of the highl...
Sep 26, 2025 Illinois State University's president. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)
70-year-old woman dies in Pontiac crash near Walmart Drive
PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) - A 70-year-old woman was killed in a crash at about 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Walmart Drive on West Reynolds Street in Pontiac. According to the Livingston County Coroner, Nancy Bene...
Sep 26, 2025 The accident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Pontiac Police)
Hamilton Road improvements set to start in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Construction on part of Hamilton Road in Bloomington is scheduled to start Monday. Weather permitting, work will start between Bunn Street and Commerce Parkway on Sept. 29, ...
Sep 26, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
