The State of Illinois is suspending the teaching license of a Unit 5 teacher accused of molesting two first grade students.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
ISP: Parents should check sex offender registry before trick-or-treating
State Police and local departments are reminding parents to check Illinois’ sex offender registry before kids head out for trick-or-treating.… MORE
Project Blue Life allows public to experience split-second police decisions
If you’ve ever wondered what a tense confrontation feels like for police, you could almost experience that in the Twin-Cities.… MORE
Police capture Champaign armed robbery suspect in Bloomington
There was a heavy police presence on Bloomington’s east side Tuesday afternoon where authorities picked up a Champaign armed robbery suspect.… MORE
NPD: Uber suspends driver during attempted rape investigation
An Uber driver is banned from picking up passengers while Normal Police investigate him for an alleged rape attempt.… MORE
Fire damages home, kills a pet in Normal
A fire damaged a home in North Normal on Sunday, killing a pet and leaving four people temporarily homeless.… MORE
Normal Police ID’s Uber driver suspected of weekend rape attempt
Normal Police are releasing few details as they continued to investigate an Illinois State University student’s claim that an Uber driver tried to rape her early Saturday morning.… MORE
Bloomington cop finds many friends in his cancer battle
The community is offering a helping hand to a Bloomington Police officer who is battling cancer.… MORE
BPD: Two arrested in downtown beating, one suspect at large
Police have made two arrests in connection with a beating that happened in Downtown Bloomington last month.… MORE
Task force majority favors regulated marijuana sales in Bloomington
Bloomington’s cannabis task force is recommending the city council allow regulated marijuana sales for recreational use, but task force members are not unanimous in that view.… MORE
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…