McLean County prosecutors agreed on Monday to drop first-degree murder charges against a Tazewell County man in return for his help in convicting a co-defendant who killed her mother two years ago near McLean. … MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
UPDATE: NPD investigating robbery, shots fired incident
Normal Police are continuing to investigate an armed robbery of a taxi driver and are searching for two suspects described as black males in their 20’s.… MORE
NPD probe apparently unrelated Sunday night robbery and shooting
Normal Police are investigating an armed robbery of a taxi driver and a separate shooting that happened about a half-hour earlier Sunday night, but the crimes are apparently not related.… MORE
Four suspects jailed for a pair of burglaries at same rural Clinton home
Burglars hit a rural Clinton home twice in two days until their arrests on Friday, according to DeWitt County Sheriff’s Police.… MORE
Clinton police investigating counterfeit $100 bills
Police are warning businesses in Clinton to be cautious of counterfeit $100 bills.… MORE
Lawsuit filed in fatal van-motorcycle crash
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in McLean County Court alleges the driver of a van and the van’s owner were negligent in the crash last month in Bloomington that killed motorcyclist Corey Cottrell from Normal.… MORE
Bloomington Police Chief hopeful describes “travesty” in search process
In the national search for Bloomington’s next police chief, city staffers acknowledged they accidentally kept a high-ranking Illinois State Police trooper off the applicants’ list.… MORE
BPD searching for missing juvenile
Bloomington police are asking for the public’s help to help locate a missing girl.… MORE
LeRoy police probing possible abduction attempt
LeRoy police are investigating a possible abduction attempt of a woman.… MORE
Bloomington woman accused of stabbing mother 15 times
A Bloomington woman is accused of stabbing her mother approximately 15 times early Saturday morning.… 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…