OTTAWA, Ill. - Officials say two people were hospitalized on Tuesday morning after an explosion and fire at a manufacturing facility in Ottawa. According to officials from the Ottawa Fire Department, the incident unfolded around 8 a.m. at a Coogee Chemical manufacturing facility, located in the 1500 block of Titanium D...

By GABRIEL MATIAS CASTILHO Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A bill that cleared the Illinois House would give the state's EPA emergency rulemaking powers to address plastic pellet spills and their affect on stormwater runoff. Plastic pellets are small round objects, the building ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A federal judge has dismissed a case originally filed six months ago in response to the Trump administration's attempted deployment of 500 National Guard troops in Chicago. Aside from a small group of guardsmen, the majority of tro...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A group made up of environmental and green energy advocacy organizations held a community session in Bloomington to talk about the downsides of data centers. These large industrial buildings store data but have been increasingly built across the world to support AI development. It's become an...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - After a bit less than five years, Peoria's top cop is headed for warmer climates as Police Chief Eric Echevarria has announced he will be retiring. "Although I was not from Peoria, you welcomed me as one of your own. You showed me grace, trust, and support, and that is something I ...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield ended a more than two-week strike on Monday after reaching an agreement with administrators. In a statement, the union said they ended the strike over fears it was negatively impa...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - When the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" passed last July, millions of U.S. residents were put at risk of losing access to federal food assistance, including hundreds of thousands of Illinoisians. Because of eligibili...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested Friday night after allegedly stealing an ambulance in Bloomington. Dennis Montgomery, 34, was arrested on charges including burglary and theft, according to court documents. On April 17, a crew member of the Bloomington Fire Department reported that the ambulance had been t...