By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A person was found dead Tuesday afternoon inside a parked car on Bloomington’s west side. Bloomington Police were called around 12:45 p.m. to the 1100 block of West Front Street. No other information is being released at this time and BPD detectives are still probing the incident. Anyone with information…… MORE
By 25 News NORMAL – Normal Police say an 18-year-old man was injured after being shot when he left a party at an apartment complex. Sgt. Brad Underwood confirmed the victim was shot three times after leaving a party at 9 Traders Circle in Normal. He was shot twice in the leg and he was…… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – Two people were displaced after a mobile home caught on fire Sunday morning in Bloomington. Just after 9:00 a.m., Bloomington firefighters responded to 15 Harry Drive for a report of a mobile home fire with possible occupants still trapped. Crews quickly searched the home and determined no one was trapped.…… MORE
By IIS Radio CHICAGO – Another Illinois State Police squad car has been struck, marking the 14th Scott’s Law related crash this year. A Chicago area trooper was sitting in his car with the lights activated when he was hit by a drunk driver. The trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but this is happening way too…… MORE
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – Over the weekend, Bloomington Police were dispatched to the 600 block of Douglas Street for a shots fired call. Upon arrival, officers found physical evidence that a shooting had occurred. Authorites say the incident happened just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The circumstances behind the shooting are still under investigation. At…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police are joining law enforcement officers from five other states for Wednesday’s Speed Awareness Day. The day is designed to draw attention to the dangers of speeding says State Police Trooper Elizabeth Clausing. “It’s one of the leading causes of crashes and certainly leads to more signifcant injuries…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Two people are safe after the small engine plane they were piloting experienced trouble landing Thursday afternoon in Bloomington. Central Illinois Regional Airport deputy director Fran Strebing says it happened just before 1:15 PM Thursday. The plane landed and came down the runway into a safety area, which is the…… MORE
By Neil Doyle PEKIN – A dead body found in Pekin earlier this week has been identified as a 38-year-old man from northern Illinois. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the man’s name is being withheld until family is notified. The cause of death is pending toxicology testing. Authorities found the body Monday in a…… MORE
By HOI ABC TOWANDA – An elderly man from Normal was killed in a single-vehicle traffic crash in Towanda Saturday night. 72-year-old Timothy A. Jobe was pronounced dead on the scene at the intersection of U.S. Route 66 and North 1900 East Road just before 9:30 p.m., according to McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder. An…… MORE
By Neil Doyle TOWANDA – A local man has died after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in rural Towanda. Michael Simpsen, 50, of Normal died from extensive multiple blunt force injuries due to a pickup truck and automobile collision, reportedly sustained as the driver of the pickup truck, according to McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder.…… 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…