By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Community members gathered Sunday in Downtown Bloomington for a "No Kings" rally organized by Bloomington-Normal 50501. The event was held on the front lawn of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and featured speakers, music and signs. Organizers described the ...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - Members of the LGBTQ+ community gathered Sunday for Prairie Pride Coalition's annual Pride Picnic at Anderson Park in Normal. The event featured food, conversation and community-building in a family-friendly environment as part of the organization's Pride Month celebrations. Prairie Pri...

By MARISA GUERRA ECHEVERRIA Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Housing advocates viewed the 2026 legislative session as a mixed bag as they secured new funding but fell short in passing statewide zoning laws aimed at spurring housing development. Competing proposals in the spring ...

By WMBD TV CENTRAL ILLINOIS - Thousands of people remain without power after several waves of storms rolled through the area Thursday. Some were still offline from storms Wednesday night but Thursday's event took out more than 79,000 people statewide, according to the Ameren Illinois Outage map. McLean County had 4,645...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Humane Society of Central Illinois has welcomed over a dozen Southern Illinois animals displaced by storms. HSCI has provided refuge for animals in need, including eight dogs, four adult cats and three litters of kittens, said Nicole Monson, a spokesperson for the Humane Society. By transferri...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Komatsu had a lot to smile about Wednesday as they celebrated the opening of their new $28 million surface haulage and mining headquarters in Peoria. This three-story, 75,000 square-foot building has been added to the Komatsu campus on Northwest Adams Street, but it will not add any add...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com Small volunteer groups that provide food assistance to Illinoisans in need could be eligible for a new round of grant money under a program announced this week. The Charitable Trust Hunger Relief Grant program will provide grants of up t...

By HANNAH WEBSTER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary During the last week of the legislative session, the Illinois legislature passed a bill that would require the Department of Children and Family Services to make special considerations of reproductive and gender-affirming healthc...