McLean County Coroner Dr. Kathy Yoder says a single vehicle crash claimed the life of a 45-year-old man early Saturday morning.… MORE
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McLean County Coroner Dr. Kathy Yoder says a single vehicle crash claimed the life of a 45-year-old man early Saturday morning.… MORE
Police arrested a man Monday afternoon in Bloomington for the delivery and possession of methamphetamine.… MORE
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason on Thursday announced that the city’s police chief will retire September 1.… MORE
A garage fire remains under investigation after a Normal Police Officer found the garage on fire at a four-unit apartment building while on patrol.… MORE
The Normal Police Department is searching for 52-year-old Alexander Goldman.… MORE
The McLean County Jail now has four new cases of COVID-19.… MORE
Firefighters were able to save three-quarters a burning building after a fire broke out at the Precision Tool & Die factory.… MORE
Bloomington police are asking for the publics’ help in solving a late-night shooting incident.… MORE
Authorites found the body of an 18-year-old woman Sunday morning in the Illinios River.… MORE
Thanks to firefighters’ quick action and a closed door, an early morning fire in an attached garage did not spread into a home.… 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…