Juvenile arrested on weapons charge

Posted on September 15, 2015

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – A 15-year-old has been arrested after a report of shots fired last week.

The male teenager was arrested on charges including aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful use of a weapon for an incident in the 500 block of W. Jackson St.

Bloomington Police said several suspects beat and shot at a victim around 7 p.m. Sept. 11. The victim’s injuries were non-life threatening.

Bloomington Police are still investigating this shooting and three others that happened last week on consecutive nights. Those shootings happened in the 800 block of W. Market St., the 900 block of W. Wood St. and the 1900 block of Tracy Dr.

Anyone with information should call police at 309-434-2548.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

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.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

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…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

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…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

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…