Multiple gunshots were heard Saturday afternoon in Normal near where a youth football game was being played, according to the Normal Police Department.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Illinois State Police investigate another Sangamon County officer-involved death
Illinois State Police launched an investigation into the death of a Kansas man during a multi-county pursuit on Sept. 22 by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputies.… MORE
Two Bloomington Officers given award for saving 2-week-old child
The City of Bloomington has awarded Officers Jacob Shepard and Ronald Fryman with the Life Saving Award.… MORE
Town officials hold groundbreaking ceremony for new fire station in Normal
The dirt was scattered and the excitement was high for the expansion of the town of Normal’s fire department on Shepard Road.… MORE
Man accused of stealing a rental car with a child inside appears in court
A judge could decide on Monday whether to hold an Ohio man accused of stealing a rental car with a small child inside and then leaving that child at a gas station.… MORE
Officers from Bloomington-Normal discuss “pop-up parties” after recent incident near ISU
After a “pop-up party” turned deadly this past weekend near the Illinois State University campus, local police departments are explaining more about these parties and the safety of the community.… MORE
Bloomington man indicted for June shooting
A Bloomington man faces charges stemming from a June 9 incident that left a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.… MORE
Bloomington man dies in Tazewell County crash
A Bloomington man was identified as the victim of a deadly crash in Tazewell County on Saturday.… MORE
One person killed in Sunday morning shooting near ISU
One person was killed and another remains hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting that happened early Sunday morning in Normal.… MORE
Peoria mom on trial for infant death lost rights for another child
About two years before Andrea Luncsford appeared in a Peoria County courtroom charged in connection with the death of her one-month-old son, she was in another Peoria County courtroom where a judge terminated her parental rights for another child.… 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…