By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – The city of Bloomington will conduct a national search for its next police chief. City Manager Tim Gleason acknowledges people currently on the force are interested in replacing Clay Wheeler, but Gleason told aldermen Monday night he believes the position will attract many good candidates. “What I envision is…… MORE
The Woodford County Coroner said preliminary autopsy results for the five people killed in a fire in Goodfield over the weekend suggest they experienced carbon monoxide intoxication.… MORE
Bloomington is looking for a police chief for the second straight year, and the mayor said the key hiring comes at a critical time.… MORE
A Bloomington triple murder suspect won’t stand trial next month because his new lawyer said he needs time to review the prosecution’s evidence.… MORE
Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler announced Friday he plans to retire in June after a year on the job.… MORE
A Bloomington woman said she feels safe living in her east side neighborhood despite a second deadly shooting there in less than a year.… MORE
A Bloomington woman said she feels safe living in her east side neighborhood despite a second deadly shooting there in less than a year.… MORE
Investigators have determined a house fire Sunday night in Normal that injured a man was accidental.… MORE
By Katherine Murphy BLOOMINGTON- Bloomington Police are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday night. A report around 10 pm in the 1200 block of Orchard Road had officers on scene to find 26-year-old Nathaniel Caldwell who was suffering gunshot wounds. Caldwell was taken to the hospital where he is in critical but stable condition. Officers then located…… MORE
At least one person was wounded in an east side shooting, and Bloomington Police declined to say if that’s related to a car crash that happened about a block away.… 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…