Category Archives: Police and Fire
Pritzker’s immigration “firewall” includes ban on Dwight detention center
Gov. JB Pritzker. (File photo by Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz CHICAGO – It is now illegal in Illinois to run privately-operated immigrant detention centers, like the $45 million pr...
Jun 22, 2019
UPDATED: Second local man jailed for heroin-related death
Jacob Schultz, 34, of Bloomington, is one of two people charged in the heroin-related death of a man last November. (Bloomington Police Department photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON ...
Jun 21, 2019
UPDATED: No working smoke alarms in fatal fire
The June 12 house fire in the 1300 block of Baugh Drive in Normal killed Judith Dawson, 76, of Normal. (Photo by Blake Haas/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzNORMAL – Investigators said Friday there...
Jun 21, 2019
Driver drowns when car falls into retention pond near McLean
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder are investigating a fatal crash early Friday in which a car fell into a retention pond near McLean. (DavidsonScott/flickr) By Howar...
Jun 21, 2019
Normal Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash
Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner said the fatal crash happened around 1:42 p.m. Thursday.(Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation) By Neil Doyle NORMAL – One person was killed af...
Jun 20, 2019
Gleason names two interim police chiefs
Assistant chiefs Greg Scott (left) and Dan Donath will share the duties of interim police chief as Chief Clay Wheeler retire Friday. (Photo City of Bloomington) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON –...
Jun 19, 2019
UPDATED: Woman dies in Bellflower house fire
A woman was found dead early Sunday after a house fire in Bellflower. (Photo Pixabay) By Howard Packowitz BELLFLOWER – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has yet to release the name...
Jun 17, 2019
UPDATED: Judge rejects State’s bond request after $900K drug bust
Amber Widner of Bozeman, Montana is being held in the McLean County on a $75,035 cash bond. (Illinois State Police photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A Montana woman remained jailed...
Jun 14, 2019
Zimmerman children tell their story in Dateline report about mother’s murder
Kirk Zimmerman with one of his twin daughters May 6 after a McLean County Jury found him not guilty of killing his former wife in 2014. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz BLOO...
Jun 14, 2019
UPDATED: Coroner identifies Normal woman who died in house fire
Firefighters and police on the scene of a fatal house fire on Baugh Drive in Normal. (Photo by Blake Haas/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz and Blake Haas NORMAL – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yod...
Jun 12, 2019
