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Here's what's in Illinois' $50.6B six-year infrastructure plan
Illinois on Wednesday unveiled its latest six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan for the state's roads, bridges, railways, airports and more. The plan spans all 102 counties and includes $32.5 bi...
Oct 03, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker announces the state’s six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan at a news conference Wednesday in Chicago. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
State lawmakers stop by Uptown Normal restaurant to discuss utility bills
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Windy City Wieners owner said to lawmakers' utility prices are hurting businesses after he received a utility bill of more than $2,000 in one month. The candidate for th...
Oct 02, 2025 Windy City Weiners is located in Uptown Normal (Photo courtesy: Windy City Weiners)
Stratton aims to bring Pritzker administration policies to national stage
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is hoping to bring some of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative victories to the U.S. Senate as her top initiatives if she's elected next year. Stratton released her first policy p...
Oct 02, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association’s annual brunch in August 2025 at the Bank of Springfield Center. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State, private developers break ground on quantum research park
CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with th...
Oct 02, 2025 Elected officials and businesspeople throw a ceremonial amount of dirt at the groundbreaking event for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Sept. 30, 2025. Pictured from left to right: Blue Owl Capital Managing Director Colleen Collins, Commonwealth Edison CEO Gil Quinones, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. JB Pritzker and PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien.
Genetic genealogy solves a 43-year-old cold case mystery in McLean County
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A 43-year-old cold case that was an unidentified woman in McLean County finally has a resolution. Moxxy Forensic Investigations, in partnership with the McLean County Corone...
Oct 01, 2025 (photo courtesy: Moxxy Forensic Investigations)
Unit 5 School Board President faces scrutiny over Facebook Post
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - An area school board leader was called out on social media by members of the Republican Party after they deemed a post he made included "lies" about conservatives. The McLean Cou...
Oct 01, 2025 (Photo courtesy: McLean County Unit 5)
WMBD Remembers General Manager Shaun Newell
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - At WMBD-TV, Shaun Newell wasn't just a general manager-he was a storyteller at heart. Newell, who passed away Monday at the age of 47, believed deeply in the power of media to ma...
Oct 01, 2025
State, private developers break ground on quantum research park
CHICAGO - Shovels are in the ground for a highly anticipated project in South Chicago that its backers, including Gov. JB Pritzker, say will be transformative to a neighborhood still grappling with th...
Oct 01, 2025 Harley Johnson, head of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, speaks at the park’s Sept. 30, 2025 groundbreaking ceremony.
13-year-olds arrested in Bloomington for allegedly shooting into the air
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Two teens have been arrested on alleged weapons charges after shots were fired Saturday morning. The two 13-year-olds, whose names were not released as they are minors, were...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington Police/Facebook)
Voter fraud case leads to arrest of Bloomington woman
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A Bloomington woman has been arrested after a voter fraud investigation. On Monday, Sept. 29, Suniti Sud, 55, was arrested on three counts of voting fraud following a joint ...
Sep 30, 2025 (Photo courtesy: File)
