Category Archives: Police and Fire
Pontiac woman injured, ticketed after collision with squad car
Police block the intersection of Main and Howard streets in Pontiac after a collision involving a Livingston County squad car. (Photo Todd Wineburner/WJEZ)By Greg HalbleibPONTIAC – A Pontiac wom...
Jan 29, 2018
Congerville man dies in plane crash
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a plane cash which left a Congerville man dead. (Photo by DavidsonScott/flickr) By Eric Stock WEST LABANON, Ind. – A Congerville man has died i...
Jan 29, 2018
BPD seeks public’s help to find out who damaged Abe Lincoln’s bench
Bloomington Police are seeking tips from the public to find out who vandalized the Abraham Lincoln bench statue outside the Cruisin’ with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center at the McLean County Museu...
Jan 25, 2018
Bloomington woman charged with murder for December stabbing
A grand jury indicted Brittney Mikesell of Bloomington for murder after a December stabbing that killed her boyfriend, Cullen Hedrick. (McLean County Jail photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – ...
Jan 25, 2018
High bond set for Bloomington man accused of arranging sex with teenager on Facebook
A judge set bond at $1 million for Andrew Whitmer, 23, of Bloomington. He’s accused of sexually abusing a 15-year old girl late last year, after arranging their encounters on Facebook.(McLean Co...
Jan 24, 2018
Police: Search of home in Normal turns up cocaine, distribution materials
Thomas Walker (Photo courtesy Bloomington Police) By Greg Halbleib NORMAL – Bloomington Police have arrested a man from Normal on cocaine distribution charges. Police arrested Thomas Walker, 29,...
Jan 24, 2018
‘Upsetting’ to see damage to iconic Lincoln Bench in Downtown Bloomington
The Abraham Lincoln bench status appeared to have been vandalized with some type of corrosive material outside the Cruisin’ with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center at the McLean County Museum ...
Jan 22, 2018
Federal government seeks death penalty in University of Illinois kidnapping case
Federal prosecutors announced they are seeking the death penalty for the Champaign man accused of abducting U of I scholar Yingying Zhang. The young woman from China has been missing since June 9 and ...
Jan 19, 2018
Suspect captured in December Peach Street shooting
Willie Dawson is accused of hiring a handgun at a group of people on Bloomington’s east side on December 23. (Bloomington Police Department photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Authori...
Jan 19, 2018
El Paso woman, 29, dies in Interstate 39 crash
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner’s office are investigating a crash in which a 29-year-old El Paso woman died.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation) B...
Jan 16, 2018
