By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police are announcing a significant decrease in the backlog of FOID cards that need to be processed. ISP Trooper Jason Wilson says the FOID card backlog in November of last year reached nearly 139,000, but has now been whittled down to 7,800. Processing times currently average about 38…… MORE
A man remains behind bars in McLean County after TSA agents allege he attempted to bring a gun through airport screening at Central Illinois Regional Airport.… MORE
Bloomington police are asking for the public’s help in solving a “shots fired” incident late Thursday night.… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – A local woman hit by a sport utility vehicle in north Bloomington on Thursday is recovering at an Urbana hospital, and coworkers at the McLean County Clerk’s office are optimistic about her recovery. Gracie Ayers of Bloomington was initially taken to a hospital in the Twin-Cities, then flown by helicopter…… MORE
A 30-year old woman was badly hurt Thursday after Bloomington Police said a vehicle hit her and pinned her against a building.… MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified an Illinois State University graduate student who died during a car accident near ISU’s campus Monday evening.… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – A 23-year old woman who was hit by a car in Normal Monday evening has died from her injuries. Normal Police and McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said the woman was pronounced dead Tuesday at about 4:15 p.m. at Carle BroMenn Medical Center. Authorities say the woman was hit on…… MORE
A woman is hospitalized with serious injuries after she was hit by a car near the Illinois State University campus in Normal.… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – A 71-year old Chenoa man is being held on $1 million bond for 50 felony charges of child pornography possession. A McLean County Grand Jury last Tuesday indicted Chester B. McKee, and McLean County Sheriff’s Police said they arrested McKee the next day. Illinois State Police have been investigating McKee…… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – The Normal Police Department is still investigating and actively pursuing all leads in the shooting death of a Peoria man in Normal on September 19. Roy Ward Jr., 20, was shot in the area of 19 Traders Circle just after midnight. Ward died September 22 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center.…… 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…