By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Unit 5 and Heartland Community College have canceled classes and programming for Wednesday afternoon due to the threat of severe weather. Dayna Brown, a Unit 5 spokeswoman, said the district will close at 2:30 p.m. Second and third shift employees should not report to work she said...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - One McLean County emergency siren is not operational on a day with severe weather predicted, but other neighboring sirens that overlap it will cover the community. WMBD learned from a social media notice and a follow-up conversation that the McLean County Emergency Management Agency conducted a te...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - The Normal Town Council approved an amendment to build two new apartment buildings on the west side of Normal, Monday night. "These apartments are part of an annexation agreement that dates back to 2023. So we've been expecting this for quite a while," said Mercy Davison, dire...

By NIKOEL HYTREK Capitol News Illinois nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Though lawmakers failed to advance data center regulations in the POWER Act this spring, some leaders plan to continue negotiations with stakeholders and to hold listening sessions with constituents throughout the summer. No formal...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - As storms start to pick up in the area, so are the number of power outages in Central Illinois. While a majority of the power outages are just east of the coverage area, Warren and Henderson counties, a few outages are popping up in the area, according to the Ameren Illinois Power Outage Map. Wood...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The city of Bloomington is teaching students aged 13 to 18 about working within the city during their Youth Enrichment Program. The program is four days long and focuses on a different part of the city every day. Monday focused on public safety with the police department and the fi...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed the fiscal year 2027 budget, which totals $55.9 billion, making it the largest in state history - though he had to once again issue a clean-up veto aimed at addressing drafting errors. Pritzker said the bu...

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A federal appeals court released its opinion Monday that former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and former lobbyist Michael McClain could be retried on charges related to bribing former House Speaker Michael Madigan. Their earlier...