An arrest has been made in the March 28th death of Illinois State Police Trooper Brooke Jones-Story. 55-year old Craig Dittmar of Stockton will be charged with two counts of Reckless Homicide. Driving a truck tractor semi-trailer combination along Route 75 in Stephenson County Dittmar hit Jones-Story’s squad car and the vehicle she…… MORE
McLean County prosecutors and Bloomington Police took jurors back in time nearly 4 1/2-years after local financial planner Pam Zimmerman was shot to death in her office on East Washington Street.… MORE
Jurors in the Kirk Zimmerman murder trial on Tuesday watched five hours of interrogation footage from Zimmerman’s first interview with Bloomington Police detectives after his former wife’s death.… MORE
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – The city of Bloomington will conduct a national search for its next police chief. City Manager Tim Gleason acknowledges people currently on the force are interested in replacing Clay Wheeler, but Gleason told aldermen Monday night he believes the position will attract many good candidates. “What I envision is…… MORE
The Woodford County Coroner said preliminary autopsy results for the five people killed in a fire in Goodfield over the weekend suggest they experienced carbon monoxide intoxication.… MORE
Bloomington is looking for a police chief for the second straight year, and the mayor said the key hiring comes at a critical time.… MORE
A Bloomington triple murder suspect won’t stand trial next month because his new lawyer said he needs time to review the prosecution’s evidence.… MORE
Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler announced Friday he plans to retire in June after a year on the job.… MORE
A Bloomington woman said she feels safe living in her east side neighborhood despite a second deadly shooting there in less than a year.… MORE
A Bloomington woman said she feels safe living in her east side neighborhood despite a second deadly shooting there in less than a year.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…