A Bloomington police squad car was involved in a hit-and-run Thursday afternoon in the downtown area.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
BPD: Snow captured on east side
The man who escaped from police custody Tuesday morning on Bloomington’s south side has been arrested.… MORE
Council to vote on empowering city manager to hire police and firefighters
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – The authority to hire Bloomington police officers and firefighters would shift from a volunteer commission to the city manager, under a proposal before the city council Tuesday night. City Manager Tim Gleason was a 21 year veteran of the Pekin Police Department, rising to the rank of Lieutenant before becoming…… MORE
Bloomington Firefighters battle early morning blaze
By Katherine Murphy BLOOMINGTON– An early morning apartment fire in Bloomington Monday caused limited damage. Word from Bloomington fire officials no one was hurt in the fire that broke out around 6:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of Todd Drive. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined and the family that…… MORE
BPD: Driver located in hit-and-run on city’s west side
Bloomington police said they have located the driver involved in a reported hit-and-run on the city’s west side Monday night.… MORE
McLean County 911 operator: ‘I knew from personal experience’ importance of CPR before helping save ISU student’s life
The 911 operator, who knew from personal experience the importance of helping save a life over the phone, was able to help save an Illinois State University graduate.… MORE
BPD arrests two men for Tracy Drive shooting
Two Bloomington men are jailed for a shooting early Sunday that damaged occupied buildings on the city’s south side.… MORE
BPD continue search for vehicle involved in west side hit-and-run
Bloomington Police are continuing to look for the driver of a small dark colored vehicle or black four door sedan involved in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 50-year old man.… MORE
Man badly hurt in west side hit-and-run crash
Bloomington Police were looking for the driver of a dark-colored sedan who drove off Monday night after hitting a man on the city’s west side.… MORE
Several hurt in rural Colfax crash
McLean County Sheriff’s Police reported six people were hurt late Monday afternoon, including one person taken by helicopter to an Urbana hospital, after a crash near Colfax.… 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…