Bloomington Police are investigating a shots fired incident that happened Monday morning on the city’s east side.… MORE
Bloomington Police are investigating a shots fired incident that happened Monday morning on the city’s east side.… MORE
Bloomington police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an armed robbery case.… MORE
A fire Monday morning at Epiphany Farms in downtown Bloomington started and ended in a laundry room.… MORE
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects from a looting incident that happened at a Bloomington gas station.… MORE
The victim of a fatal car crash early Wednesday night in northeast Normal has been identified.… MORE
Police are probing a shooting that injured a man from Normal Tuesday night.… MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the construction worker who was hit and killed Tuesday morning in Gridley.… MORE
By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON– Christopher Harrison’s attorney is not disputing that Harrison shot and killed Reginald Hart Jr and Joseph Gardner after they attempted to rob him back in 2018. Where the state and defense disagree is whether or not Harrison was justified in doing so. Prosecutor David Fitt gave the opening…… MORE
A small oven explosion Tuesday afternoon at Tobin’s Pizza in Bloomington injured two workers.… MORE
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a person who smashed the window of a squad car.… 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…