A Bloomington man is being charged with aggravated domestic battery after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend over the weekend.… MORE
A Bloomington man is being charged with aggravated domestic battery after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend over the weekend.… MORE
Multiple cars in a parking lot caught fire Monday morning on the south side of Bloomington.… MORE
The FBI is asking for the public’s help locating a 14-16-year-old teenager kidnapped early Monday morning.… MORE
A man from Odell died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday night in rural Livingston County.… MORE
Authorities have made an arrest after the Lincoln IGA caught fire early Friday morning.… MORE
A Bloomington man is in custody at the McLean County Jail for allegedly strangling his girlfriend at the Pheasant Lanes bowling alley on Wednesday.… MORE
DeWitt County Coroner Randy Rice has identified a Pontiac man that drowned in Clinton Lake on Wednesday.… MORE
A state investigation confirms the allegations from a McLean County woman, that her son was over medicated while in state custody. The mother also claims her son was abused at that facility.… MORE
Jeremy C. Little, 34, of Bloomington, was in McLean County court Monday after being charged with three felony counts of domestic battery. … MORE
A Bloomington man has been sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison for selling heroin that resulted in a death in 2018.… 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…