Category Archives: Police and Fire
Bloomington Fire Dept. holding 9/11 memorial on Saturday honoring the 20-year anniversary
Bloomington Fire Chief Eric West spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Fire Dept./Facebook)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Saturday marks 20-years since the terror attack...
Sep 09, 2021
Lexington woman killed on I-55 after being hit by semi
Illinois State Police report the accident occurred on Sunday. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasMCLEAN COUNTY – A Lexington woman is dead after being hit by a semi-truck tractor on Interst...
Sep 07, 2021
Search for missing ISU student continues after unidentified body is found
Bloomington Police have asked people not to speculate on the investigation. (Photo Bloomington Police Department)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – ISU graduate student Jelani Day was reported missing unde...
Sep 07, 2021
Fugitive who ran from rural Hudson car crash still on the loose
On the sheriff’s department’s Facebook page, police released a new photograph of Brian Morgan, who’s wanted on several warrants in multiple counties. (Facebook/McLean County Sheriff&...
Sep 02, 2021
Missing ISU grad student Jelani Day’s loved ones continue search in Bloomington
Carmen Bolden Day, Jelani’s mother, said she last spoke to him Aug. 23. She said they were planning a family trip for Thanksgiving. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By HOI ABCBLOOMINGTON – Family m...
Sep 02, 2021
Bloomington man dies after DUI crash
Bloomington Police report the accident occurred on Saturday. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington police report a Bloomington man died from injuries he suffered by a...
Sep 01, 2021
Normal Police say three are dead in mobile home park shooting
No other details are available. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCUPDATE: In a news release, Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said three people wounded in the mass shooting suffer...
Aug 30, 2021
ISU Police Chief: Police are “looking at cell phone data” in missing ISU student case
Day is a black male, 25 years old, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds, with short black hair, brown eyes, and some facial hair. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Police)By Blake HaasNORMAL – Some new ...
Aug 30, 2021
Teenager and adult in custody with a third suspect at large in Bloomington shooting
Bloomington Police are investigating the shooting. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A suspect remains at large after police arrested a teenager and an adult over the weekend...
Aug 30, 2021
ISU faculty member, who reported Jelani Day’s disappearance, says it’s ‘unlike him’
Bloomington Police are working closely with both ISU and Peru Police to track down Day, who was last seen on campus in the Bone Student Center Tuesday, according to the photo released by Bloomington P...
Aug 30, 2021
