Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) - A Livingston County man was arrested in Pekin for alleged child pornography cases. Dane T. Barr, 30, of Dwight was arrested on a charge of possession and dissemination of child pornography, Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower said. On Oct. 7, deputies with the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office made a...

MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) - Owning chickens in residential areas will become more accessible if a text amendment is adopted at Tuesday night's McLean County Zoning meeting. Right now, people who want to own chickens at their residential home have to follow a property line rule. All coops must be 150 feet away from the...

A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, but she strongly urged federal officials to hold off deploying guardsmen until Thursday, when she will hear arguments in the case. Hours earlier, the state of Illinois and city of Chicago sued...

CHICAGO - With 10 days until former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report to federal prison, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the longtime Democratic power broker's bid to remain free while he challenges his corruption conviction. Without extraordinary intervention from the U.S....

CHICAGO - Illinois and Chicago filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the Trump administration's planned deployment of National Guard troops to the state - a move Gov. JB Pritzker called an "invasion." Trump pushed forward with the plan to activate hundreds of National Guard soldiers, including some from Te...

CHICAGO - After weeks of threatening to do so, President Donald Trump is taking command of 300 Illinois National Guard troops and sending them to Chicago over Gov. JB Pritzker's objections, the governor announced Saturday. "This morning, the Trump Administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up yo...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - At an Illinois grain tour in Bloomington, the director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture said having no deal with China would lead to farmers going bankrupt. "Last year, China bought $1.4 billion worth of soybeans from the state of Illinois. This year, there is yet to be one purc...