By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A Cook County man was sentenced to six months in jail and probation in connection with an accidental shooting at Bradley University dorm last fall that injured a woman. Edward Traywick Jr., 20, of Lansing, pleaded guilty in February to reckless discharge of a firearm. He was sentenced F...

By JACKSON BRANDHORST Saluki Reporting Lab jbrandhorst@dailyegyptian.com & MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois mparker@capitolnewsillinois.com MARION - John "Jake" Wakey, the Carterville High School assistant football coach and teacher at the center of an ongoing criminal sexual abuse investigation, was a...

By WMBD TV EUREKA, Ill. (WMBD) - Eureka College hosted a ribbon-cutting Thursday morning, celebrating the opening of its new Student Success Center. The newly repurposed 27,000 square foot building will serve as a central hub for academic and student support services. It will focus on improving retention, graduation ra...

By WMBD TV MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - The Unit 5 Esports team walked away from the state tournament with an historic finish and some shiny hardware. The history-making began at Sectionals, the qualifier for state, where the team finished first in five of the six possible events, according to a post on the district's ...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com In a ceremony at the state Capitol, family, friends and supporters honored the lives of two law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2025. The ceremony honored Officer Krystal Rivera of the Chicago Police Department and De...

By WMBD TV CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (WMBD) - The iconic music festival, Summer Camp, has been canceled. That's according to Kevin Yates, who is the executive director of the Chillicothe Park District. Yates' district does not cover Three Sisters Park, where the festival was supposed to be held this year. It was to be the 25th...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A federal judge on Thursday officially dismissed the main conspiracy charge against the remaining "Broadview Six" protesters indicted this past fall connected to a demonstration outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfo...

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A strike of non-teaching staff at Illinois State University in Normal is over after four weeks. AFSCME Local 1110, the union representing more than 300 building services, grounds, dining services and other ISU employees, said more...