About two years before Andrea Luncsford appeared in a Peoria County courtroom charged in connection with the death of her one-month-old son, she was in another Peoria County courtroom where a judge terminated her parental rights for another child.… MORE
Bloomington police have recently received numerous reports regarding vehicle burglaries.… MORE
A 67-year-old Manito man is listed as missing and endangered, according to an alert issued Thursday morning by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office. … MORE
The Normal Fire Department stated that no injuries were reported after a fire at Watterson Towers on the Illinois State University’s campus on Wednesday.… MORE
An Ohio man allegedly used force to take a rental car that had a child inside, according to charges filed Tuesday.… MORE
An employee of Farmington Central Elementary School will appear next in court in December on charges she tried to solicit a child for sex.… MORE
The Bloomington Police Department is investigating after a shooting incident near Veterans Parkway and Washington Street on Friday.… MORE
Normal police are investigating the discovery of a body that was found at a business on Wednesday.… MORE
A McLean County could spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of child pornography.… MORE
A Plainfield, Indiana, man remains behind bars in McLean County after being arrested in LeRoy.… 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…