Bloomington Police say a person was killed somewhere in the 600 block of West Seminary Avenue early Friday morning.… MORE
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Bloomington Police say a person was killed somewhere in the 600 block of West Seminary Avenue early Friday morning.… MORE
Police are investigating a shots fired incident that happened Wednesday afternoon on Bloomington’s west side.… MORE
Charges filed against a Bloomington man on Tuesday accuse him of stabbing his brother over the weekend.… MORE
A Bloomington man remains behind bars for stabbing another man over the weekend.… MORE
A former teacher at Ridgeview High School in Colfax has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a former student.… MORE
A 19-year-old woman had “serious injuries,” according to the sheriff, after a train vs. car crash east of Bloomington Thursday.… MORE
Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection to a homicide that happened in October 2020 on Bloomington’s west side.… MORE
Normal Police have arrested an 18-year old local man suspected of trying to kill another teenager by shooting him several times earlier this week in an apartment complex in northwest Normal.… MORE
McLean County Jail inmates got COVID-19 vaccines at the jail on Wednesday, but the sheriff told Heart of Illinois-ABC only about a quarter of them wanted the shot.… MORE
After more than two years, several hospital visits, countless documents and paperwork, Lavonte Rayford is free of five felony charges. His mother calls what happened involuntary intoxication. The prosecutor said it was a mental health issue.… 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…