A Bayview Gardens man has been taken into custody for a hold up in Germantown Hills.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Gunfire reported near Downtown Bloomington
Bloomington Police are investigating an shooting early Tuesday morning in which they said multiple shots were fired on the near west side.… MORE
Narrow council majority backs Bloomington cannabis task force
A Bloomington City Council member wants the city to become a “cannabis pervasive” community that would take advantage of the economic benefits of a new state law legalizing recreational marijuana use.… MORE
Pontiac woman identified in fatal crash
Livingston County Coroner Danny Watson has identified a woman involved in a fatal crash over the weekend.… MORE
Coroner: Steel post stabs Bloomington man while working on property
The Logan County Coroner’s office said a Bloomington man died over the weekend while working on his property in rural Atlanta.… MORE
Court records: Highland Hills shooting suspect carried loaded pistol
A court filing alleges a suspect in last Tuesday’s shooting in southwest Bloomington carried a loaded pistol without a valid license.… MORE
BPD: Woman attacked by dog on city’s near east side
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a dog that attacked a woman early Friday morning.… MORE
Mobile home and garage in Anchor a total loss after fire
A fire on Thursday destroyed a mobile home and attached garage in eastern McLean County.… MORE
Bloomington man charged in shooting that injured two people
McLean County prosecutors have charged a Bloomington man with a shooting that wounded two people on Tuesday in the Highland Hills apartment complex on the city’s southwest side.… MORE
ISP exhibit shows ‘Lacy’s Last Text’
You can’t miss it if you walk past the Illinois State Police tent at the state fair. A pickup truck which hit a telephone pole broadside, almost smashing the truck in two and killing the driver.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…