A Bloomington man is jailed without bond after authorities say he held a lit butane torch to a woman’s face and threatened her with a knife.… MORE
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A Bloomington man is jailed without bond after authorities say he held a lit butane torch to a woman’s face and threatened her with a knife.… MORE
A man from Normal has been identified as the victim of a motorcycle crash that happened Tuesday night.… MORE
llinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner’s office are investigating an overnight motorcycle fatality.… MORE
The DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a man who used a stolen credit card.… MORE
Two Bloomington men were arrested Monday for gun offenses in two separate investigations. … MORE
Gunfire erupted in at least two Bloomington locations this Labor Day weekend that caused property damage, but police said there were no injuries.… MORE
Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies are stepping up efforts to arrest impaired drivers during the Labor Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.… MORE
Illinois State University Police issued a crime advisory Tuesday after a student reported he was robbed in his apartment near campus.… MORE
The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists released its 2019 annual survey and the Bloomington Police Department finished in the top five.… MORE
Union Park in Bloomington was the center of two different rally’s on Sunday, both with different messages.… 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…