A convicted killer from Bloomington was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for a fatal shooting last year on the city’s east side.… MORE
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A convicted killer from Bloomington was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for a fatal shooting last year on the city’s east side.… MORE
While protesters call for police defunding, Illinois State Universities Police Chief says lives are at stake if police personnel budgets are limited.… MORE
The Bloomington Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying three suspects who battered a store clerk after attempting to steal alcohol.… MORE
Bloomington Police are investigating five different shootings that have happened over the last seven days.… MORE
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a vehicle that was involved in a hit run that happened on the city’s northeast side.… MORE
Bloomington Police is asking for the public’s help in solving three separate shootings.… MORE
Authorities said a man died Wednesday morning after a mowing accident on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified a man who was found dead Monday afternoon in north Normal.… MORE
A body was found Monday afternoon in a wooded area in north Normal.… MORE
A semi truck driver from El Paso suffered life-threatening injuries after an accident Monday morning on Interstate 74, according to Illinois State Police.… 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…