Category Archives: Police and Fire
Illinois Route 10 in DeWitt County reopens following crash
DeWitt County Sheriff’s Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Clinton on Monday night. (Photo courtesy Facebook/DeWitt County Sheriff’s Department)By Eric StockCLINTON – A porti...
Aug 08, 2017
Fire on Hunt Drive leaves woman dead
The fire in the 1500 block of Hunt Drive left one woman dead as Normal firefighters battled the flames. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Normal Fire Department)By Patrick BaronNORMAL – McLean County Cor...
Aug 06, 2017
Husband of key state witness allowed to testify at Zimmerman murder trial
Kirk Zimmerman is accused of killing his wife in 2014. (Photos courtesy Bloomington Police) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A judge issued a ruling Thursday in a high profile McLean County...
Aug 03, 2017
Judge allows DNA testing from gun in local homicide case
Normal murder suspect Daniel Lyons. (Photo from the McLean County Jail.) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A judge is allowing a crime lab to analyze DNA from a handgun in a McLean Cou...
Aug 01, 2017
Investigators to probe how child survived boating accident that killed Twin-Cities woman
Liz Larson with WJBC’s Howard Packowitz at Rivian Automotive in Normal on June 6. Larson drowned in a boating accident Saturday at the Wilmington Dam on the Kankakee Rive...
Aug 01, 2017
Woman from Normal dies in weekend boating accident on Kankakee River
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is investigating the death of Liz Larson, who was killed in a boating accident on Saturday. (Photo by DavidsonScott/flickr)By Eric StockWILMINGTON – ...
Jul 31, 2017
Police arrest Carlock woman for hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Normal
(Photo courtesy Matty Ring/flickr) By Howard PackowitzNormal Police have caught up with a motorist from Carlock they believe struck a pedestrian on N. Main Street two weeks ago, then fled t...
Jul 28, 2017
Normal Police seek DUI charges in 3-vehicle crash
Three people were injured in a suspected drunk driving crash in Normal Thursday night. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)By Eric StockNORMAL – Police in Normal are seeking drunk driving cha...
Jul 28, 2017
Fire destroys vacant home in McLean
Fire crews from five departments battled a blaze that destroyed a vacant house and damaged two neighboring homes in McLean on Thursday night. (Photo courtesy Pixabay)By Eric StockMcLEAN – A vaca...
Jul 28, 2017
Revised civilian police board plan wins overwhelming council backing
Standing room crowd spilled into the hallways and stairwells at City Hall Monday night as the council voted to set up a civilian police advisory board. (Photo by WJBC’s Howard Packowitz.) B...
Jul 25, 2017
