By Neil Doyle MCLEAN COUNTY – Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the victim of a fatal crash Friday in rural McLean County. Conner McHale, 29, of Normal was pronounced dead after a two car crash on Route 24 at McLean County 2480 East, between Gridley and Chenoa. Preliminary autopsy results indicate McHale died from multiple…… MORE
By 25 News EL PASO – An El Paso man escaped a collapsing building he lived in on Wednesday night. The owner claims he heard bricks falling a little after 9 p.m. and called 911. The homeowner escaped safely and spent the night in a hotel, courtesy of the El Paso Fire Department. The building…… MORE
By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Fire Department was called Wednesday night for a house fire on the city’s west side. Crews responded around 8:50 p.m. to 709 West Market Street. When firefighters arrived, they located the blaze in the back half of the home. Crews had the fire under control around 9:30 p.m.…… MORE
Police in LeRoy are calling a Bloomington woman a hero after helping save the life of a toddler last November.… MORE
By 25 News PEORIA – The reported victim in a gang-related shooting a year ago in Bloomington is himself going to prison for trying to hide evidence in his mouth when he was in the hospital. U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Javares Hudson, 22, of Bloomington to two-years and nine-months in a federal…… MORE
Illinois State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a semi and a motorcycle.… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police sergeants and lieutenants will receive pay raises, and they’ll have to submit to random drug and alcohol testing each year under terms of a new, four-year union contract. The deal approved unanimously Monday night by the Bloomington City Council calls for the 21 union members to get 2.5%…… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – McLean County prosecutors on Friday charged a Bloomington man with 15 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving a child younger than 13. Prosecutors say David Oliver, 51, faces mandatory life in prison if he’s found guilty on any of the charges because of his conviction in 2000 for sexually…… MORE
By 25 News BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police say a man has been arrested for predatory criminal sexual assault. Police say that man is David L. Oliver, 51. Police say the arrest happened early Thursday and that the investigation remains ongoing. The circumstances behind the incident are still pending.… MORE
By Neil Doyle LEXINGTON – Authorities in Lexington are working with the McLean County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police to solve seven burglaries to three different businesses that have happened since mid-November. According to a Facebook post, Lexington Police say they have several persons of interest and are working to develop a suspect(s). The…… 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…