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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following his convictions on federal corruption charges - including bribery - earlier this year. The longtime Democratic power bro...

By WMBD TV PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A gun was found in a student's locker at Tremont Middle School on Monday morning. Officers with the Tremont Police Department were called by school administrators to a report that a student had an unloaded gun in a locker, a post on the department's Facebook page said. "The student...

SPRINGFIELD - If advocates, stakeholders and members of the public were granted all their requests for public school funding next year, lawmakers would have to increase the state's K-12 education budget by nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars. That's the approximate total of all the requests that Illinois State B...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A rally was held in Uptown Normal on Monday afternoon in front of State Representative Daren LaHood's office to defend SNAP and federal healthcare cuts. "We are all constituents of Congressional District 16; Congressman LaHood's district. We need a representative who is going to wo...

By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - Two state championships in two months at University High School. In October, the boys golf team won a class 2A state title. Saturday night, the volleyball team joined the party by winning the class 3A state championship. The Pioneers have had a great volleyball program for years bu...

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Human Services announced Thursday that residents who received partial or delayed SNAP funds in November will begin receiving full benefits for the month. In Illinois, nearly 1.9 million people rely on SNAP ...

The WJBC High School Football Extravaganza is heading to Wilmington, IL. for a state football semifinal matchup with El Paso Gridley on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. Pregame coverage can be heard at 4:50 p.m. on AM 1230, FM 102.1 and the free WJBC App. The WJBC High School Football Extravaganza is sponsored by CEFCU, Lan...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - With money for new rail lines, regulations for residential development projects and a list of infrastructure priorities in the Chicago area, a public transportation bill recently approved in Springfield does more than just fill a tr...