MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) — McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane confirms there is a complaint accusing McLean County Schools’ public officials of election interference. According to Lane, his department opened the investigation earlier in March. But he said there would not be an outcome before the election. The investigation is in connection to the proposed…… MORE
An incident in La Salle where a suspect was barricaded inside has been resolved. … MORE
A Tennessee man faces vehicular homicide charges in connection with a Thursday morning traffic collision that killed two Central Illinois residents in Nashville, Tenn.… MORE
An assistant state’s attorney in Peoria County who oversees juvenile abuse and neglect cases has been arrested in Woodford County for having a stolen firearm in her vehicle.… MORE
A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to murder in connection with a 2023 deadly shooting in Funks Grove.… MORE
The McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder has identified the pedestrian killed during a crash on Interstate 55 Thursday.… MORE
A woman who was found dead in the Illinois River earlier this week has been identified.… MORE
Later this month, a Bloomington man hopes his attorneys can convince an appellate court panel that he has new evidence which will prove he did not kill his 3-year-old daughter nearly 30 years ago.… MORE
The fall from grace continues, it appears, for a former biotech wunderkind who was indicted by a federal grand jury for having illegal items within the Peoria County Jail.… MORE
A student at Manual High School was arrested Friday for allegedly bringing a gun to school.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…