Category Archives: Police and Fire

Two juveniles arrested in connection to cell phone store burglaries
Two juveniles are in custody in connection to cell phone store burglaries in Bloomington, Normal and Urbana. (WJBC) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Two juveniles are in custody with connection t...
Syndicated Author Dec 12, 2018

Two dead as semi hits Normal West school bus head-on with JV athletes on board
Police and firefighters surround the Normal West school bus struck head-on by a wrong-way semi Wednesday night. Two people died, but female athletes on board did not suffer life-threatening inj...
Syndicated Author Dec 06, 2018

UPDATED: 20-year old identified as West Jefferson Street murder victim
Bloomington Police are asking for the public’s help to find who shot to death Egerton Dover, 20. Dover was pronounced dead at the scene about 4:45 a.m. at 816 W. Jefferson St. (File photo) ...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2018

Man shot and killed on Bloomington’s west side
Bloomington Police responded to the 800 block of West Jefferson Street Wednesday morning to find one man shot and killed. (WJBC) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police say one person...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2018

Fire in Normal displaces apartment residents
The fire located at 1249 West Hovey Avenue was contained to one unit and no injuries were sustained. (Normal Fire Department Facebook Page) By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Occupants of five apartm...
Syndicated Author Nov 28, 2018

NPD: Teenager suffers stab wound in the back at Normal’s Anderson Park
Normal Police are investigating a fight at Anderson Park that left a 16-year old boy with a stab wound to the back. (File photo by Eric Stock/WJBC) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – Nor...
Syndicated Author Nov 24, 2018

Body found during river search for missing Tazewell County woman
(From Missing Person Awareness Network Facebook Page) By Howard Packowitz TAZEWELL COUNTY – A body pulled from the Illinois River on Saturday may be that of a rural Manito woman who’...
Syndicated Author Nov 24, 2018

BPD: Shots fired outside west side Bloomington motel
Bloomington Police are investigating an early Saturday morning shooting outside the Econo Lodge on Brock Drive. No one was hurt..(WJBC file photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Bloomi...
Syndicated Author Nov 24, 2018

Weekend shooting injures one
Bloomington Police say a teenager was injured in weekend shooting.(WJBC file photo) By Katherine MurphyBLOOMINGTON– A weekend shooting left a teenager with a non-life threatening injury aft...
Syndicated Author Nov 20, 2018

BPD rolls out proposal for Axon body cameras
The Bloomington Police Department would use Axon 2 body-worn cameras as seen in this example presented to alderman Monday night. (City of Bloomington/Youtube) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – The...
Syndicated Author Nov 19, 2018