By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Two men will find out Tuesday whether they will be held pending trial after being arrested early Sunday morning on weapons counts. Byron Gardner Jr., 30, of Bloomington, and Jovon C. Sneed, 19, of Joilet, are both charged with unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful possess...

By WMBD TV ST. LOUIS (WMBD/WYZZ) - This season's Missouri Valley Conference postseason basketball tournaments will look quite a bit different than one's in the past. The men's and women's tournaments will both be played in St. Louis. Simultaneously. And the top two seeds in the tournaments won't have to play until the ...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The town of Normal is proposing a new development plan for the Uptown Normal Trail east and west, aiming to bring more housing and economic opportunity. Two six-story buildings are proposed for the areas east and west of the Constitution Trail that runs down the middle of uptown and acr...

STREATOR, Ill. (WMBD) - A man was arrested after multiple structure fires in Streator Friday. Christopher S. Hall, 33, was arrested on charges including aggravated arson, according to a joint release from the Streator Police and Fire Departments. Just after 12:30 a.m. on June 19, police and fire crews went to a reporte...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - All-Star weekend kicked off in Central Illinois as several area athletes suited up for the last high school football game of the school year. The Shriners' All-Star Game was held at Illinois Wesleyan University this year, and several local athletes shone. Rigeview-Lexington's Joe C...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - For the third straight week, gas prices fell by double digits, according to a website that monitors gasoline price fluctuations. According to the GasBuddy website survey of 148 stations in the Peoria area, the average price of gas was $4.24 a gallon, a decrease of 13.5 cents from last w...

By AIDAN KLINEMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Former President Barack Obama convened a star-studded celebration Thursday to open his long-awaited Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side, and it opens to the public on Friday The former president spoke to thousands gather...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - The FBI is asking the public for helping in finding and arresting a man accused of robbing a central Missouri bank earlier this year and is willing to pay $5,000. The reward is for information involving the March 25 robbery of the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville, Mo. on March 25, 2026...