A person was rescued from a balcony with a ladder during an apartment building fire Wednesday morning in Bloomington, according to authorities.… MORE
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A person was rescued from a balcony with a ladder during an apartment building fire Wednesday morning in Bloomington, according to authorities.… MORE
Police are investigating a shooting that happened over the weekend on Bloomington’s south side.… MORE
A woman and two cats died Thursday night in a house fire on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
A traffic stop Tuesday ended in two arrests and the seizure of suspected methamphetamine.… MORE
Jury trials have been called off in McLean County Court this month, according to court officials, to slow the spread of COVID-19.… MORE
Police arrested two Bloomington residents Monday afternoon for weapon and drug offenses.… MORE
A man from Normal has pleaded guilty to committing multiple sex crimes against a child.… MORE
A former Normal Police officer will spend some time in the county jail for his guilty plea after his arrest almost a year ago for stealing thousands of dollars from a suspected drug overdose victim.… MORE
Police are investigating a burglary that happened early Thursday morning in Lexington.… MORE
A second person is charged for a beating in Normal last month in which the victim was found with a wooden chair leg lodged in his head.… 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…