Catalytic Converter thefts are on the rise across central Illinois, and one local police department reports thieves are targeting select vehicles.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Gov. JB Pritzker reacts to the Senate turning down one of his appointees to the Prisoner Review Board
While Republicans try to make hay from Gov Pritzker’s record on crime … there’s also the record of the Prisoner Review Board to examine.… MORE
Police conducting traffic enforcement details on Gridley Blacktop
By Neil Doyle MCLEAN COUNTY – The McLean County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting traffic enforcement details in the northern part of the county. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office says the traffic enforcement will be on the Gridley Blacktop, 1925 East Road and County Hwy. 29, between Gridley and Towanda. “We’d much rather…… MORE
Lawsuit: Reditus CEO “looted” company for personal, family gain
Indicted on six-year-old federal tax fraud charges last week, we are now learning the CEO of Reditus Laboratories is being accused of far more.… MORE
ISP charge Spring Bay man with Aggravated DUI after fatal crash in Woodford County
Illinois State Police are releasing the identification of a 24-year old East Peoria man who died in a crash last Tuesday in Woodford County.… MORE
Tazewell County Coroner identifies Minnesota sisters who died in a UTV accident
A woman and a teenage girl from Minnesota died in a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash over the weekend in rural Tremont.… MORE
Normal Police Chief announces retirement
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner on Monday announced plans to retire at the end of April 2022. “I have given this great consideration and the time is right,” said Bleichner in a news release. “The organization has six new recruits preparing to report to the academy at the end of April and…… MORE
Naperville man identified after crash on I-55 in McLean County
A Naperville man has been identified as the victim of the fatal crash on southbound Interstate 55 Thursday south of Bloomington.… MORE
McLean County mother deemed unfit to stand trial
A Bloomington mother charged with concealing the death of her 7-month-old daughter, Zaraz Walker, has been deemed unfit to stand trial.… MORE
One person dead after McLean County interstate accident
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – One person sustained fatal injuries after a two-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 55 in Mclean County. Illinois State Police said that at around 9:31 a.m. near mile marker 156, in southwest Bloomington, a truck-tractor semi-trailer combination was slowed or stopped in traffic when a passenger vehicle failed to slow and…… MORE
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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…