By WMBD TV BELLEVUE, Ill. (WMBD) - A West Bluff man is in the Peoria County Jail after being arrested for allegedly pretending to be a sheriff's deputy. Dennis Walker, also known as Josh Coats, 44, faces a slew of charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a defaced firearm, having no va...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Last summer, State Farm increased its home insurance rate by 27%, much to the outrage of Gov. JB Pritzker. Fast forward to the last days of the Illinois Spring Session, state lawmakers passed two bills that now allow the Illinois Department of Insurance to deny any rate increase to auto...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A long-time Bloomington staple is looking for new ownership to carry on the legacy. Janet's Cakes and Catering announced on Facebook that they're looking for a new owner to purchase the business. Janets has been open for 38 years, opened in 1989. It has only had two owners. Janet K...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Town Council has banned the sale of kratom within city limits during its Monday night meeting. This comes after the Bloomington City Council banned kratom a few weeks before. One council member wasn't aware of kratom before Bloomington voted for the ban. "I was unaware o...

By WMBD TV DEER CREEK, Ill. (WMBD) - A man is in custody after allegedly threatening his mother with a knife and then refusing to come out of her Deer Creek house. Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower said no one was injured and the man was in custody on charges of assault and criminal trespass. Deer Creek is a village o...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Several educations measures were among the hundreds of bills that cleared the General Assembly before it adjourned on June 1. Schools will have to adopt policies next year banning cell phones in the classroom under a bill Gov. JB ...

WEST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Third-generation dirt-track racer Lucas Boulton crossed the finish line at the Peoria Speedway on Saturday as a champion of the B-mod division. It was bittersweet as he was thrilled with the win but let down that it was potentially the last time he'd be racing at the track located off West Fa...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington Township held a special meeting Monday night to vote on adding three questions to the November ballot. Over 200 voters showed up to the meeting held at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. The township members voted on three non-binding questions to add t...