A pricey device that takes the “arm work” out of CPR might help paramedics in Normal save more lives.… MORE

A pricey device that takes the “arm work” out of CPR might help paramedics in Normal save more lives.… MORE
A Bloomington man remains jailed for allegedly shaking his five-month old son because he was frustrated the infant was crying and not drinking his milk.… MORE
A woman is dead and three other people were hurt when a car and a sport utility vehicle collided Sunday evening in far southeastern McLean County.… MORE
A fire that started in the kitchen damaged an apartment on Bloomington’s west side Sunday evening, but firefighters prevented flames and most of the smoke from spreading to neighboring apartments.… MORE
A 27-year-old Bloomington man has been accused of critically injuring a 5-month old child.… MORE
The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the busiest travel times of the year and a local law enforcement agency is cracking down on impaired and unbuckled drivers.… MORE
La Salle County’s chief prosecutor believes there’s still a chance the man jailed for almost 59 years for the notorious Starved Rock murders won’t be released from prison.… MORE
Ten people were arrested this week during a drug bust DeWitt County.… MORE
The attorney for an accused child killer from Normal acknowledges his client is guilty of domestic battery, but did not commit more serious charges, including murder.… MORE
A Metamora woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash Tuesday on Interstate 74.… MORE
With winter upon us, consider what it takes to catch a northbound train at Amtrak’s Normal Uptown Station.
Periodically, and always at unexpected times, I get real insights from my son, Kyle, who lives in the Denver area.
In our hardened political atmosphere, rising above a defensive (or offensive) reaction, is going to take great skill.
One of the sayings that was popular in the law enforcement community back then was that “There’s no Miranda north of I-80.”