Bloomington Police are investigating an apparent armed robbery that happened Tuesday night at east side pizza delivery business.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Victim in Riley Drive triple murder was ‘trying to help’ when he heard gunshots
Families and friends are mourning the loss of three men shot to death Monday on Riley Drive in Bloomington, including a man described as being “so full of life.”… MORE
Victims identified in Riley Drive triple murder
Authorities have released the names of three people killed in Monday afternoon’s shooting at an apartment complex on Riley Drive in Bloomington, and they reported a young boy also wounded in the gunfire is no longer on the critical list.… MORE
UPDATED: Child critically wounded in shooting that killed three men on Riley Drive
Bloomington Police said a four-year old boy was in critical condition with a gunshot wound after a shooting Monday afternoon that killed three men.… MORE
Three people killed in latest Twin-Cities shooting
Three people have been killed and fourth person was injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
I-55 car-semi crash kills Chenoa woman
A Chenoa woman was killed and another person was hurt when a car and a semi-trailer truck collided in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55, just south of Lexington early Friday evening.… MORE
Man gives up nursing license for stealing patients’ opioid patches
A local nurse who pleaded guilty to entering rooms of nursing home patients and stealing pain-killing opioid patches from their bodies has agreed to surrender his license to be a practical nurse.… MORE
Local nurse admits stealing patients’ opioid patches
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A local opioid case that drew national attention has resulted in a guilty plea and possible prison time for a nurse who took painkilling fentanyl patches from patients’ bodies at two Twin-Cities nursing homes. James Rellihan pleaded guilty to residential burglary, and faces up to 15 years in prison.…… MORE
Man charged for opioid-induced homicide in Bloomington
One of a dozen opioid-related deaths in McLean County so far this year has led to a criminal charge of drug-induced homicide against a Champaign County man.… MORE
NPD: Robbers hold up Circle K in north Normal
Normal Police are looking for two people who allegedly held up a convenience store and gas station on the north end of town.… MORE
Blogs
WJBC Voices: Aging isn’t so bad
Some folks aren’t embracing aging or retirement so much. I have made some observations, and will offer some tips.
WJBC Voices: Bloomington’s challenge
As Bloomington considers hiring a new city manager, there are two challenges that are paramount – council unity and economic stabilization.
WJBC Voices: ‘Cheerleading’ for Uptown
No one is a bigger cheerleader for Uptown Normal than me, a 55-year resident who ran around in “blighted downtown Normal” as a kid.
WJBC Voices: We are beginning to welcome autism
As April ends, so does Autism Awareness month. There are some local signs of progress, though much still to do.