Category Archives: Police and Fire
Normal considering officer representation on new police board
Normal City Manager Mark Peterson expects the town’s new Community Policing and Culture Board to be named later this month or early February. (WJBC file photo) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL –...
Jan 04, 2018 Photo courtesy: Normal Police
Local man and juvenile arrested for alleged rape at hotel in Normal
Adrian Damian-Moya, 19, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in November at a hotel in Normal. (McLean County Jail photo) By Howard Packowitz NORMAL – Normal Police have arrested a local ma...
Jan 02, 2018
Tazewell County crash victim still critical after 7 1/2 hours of surgery
Jamie Schick remains in critical condition at OSF St. Francis Medical Center for multiple injuries from a car-box truck crash Wednesday on Dee Mack Road in eastern Tazewell County. (photo from CaringB...
Dec 29, 2017
Snow makes driving dangerous to begin holiday weekend, brutal cold to follow
Road conditions late Friday afternoon on I-74 near Goodfield, between Bloomington-Normal and Peoria. (Illinois Department of Transportation photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Mother Na...
Dec 29, 2017
UPDATE: Woman badly hurt in Tazewell County crash
The crash occurred Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District Emergency Medical Services) By Howard Packowitz and WMBD-TV TAZEWELL COUNTY – A young woma...
Dec 28, 2017
Woman in critical condition after crash near Deer Creek
The crash occurred Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District Emergency Medical Services) By WMBD-TV TAZEWELL COUNTY – A young woman is in critical cond...
Dec 28, 2017
‘Hellish nightmare’ turns into ‘Christmas miracle’ as missing Bloomington woman is safe and back with family
A Good Samaritan accompanied Carmon Edwards, 53, of Bloomington, to the Illinois State Police District 10 headquarters in Pesotum. She had been missing since Christmas morning. (Bloomington Pol...
Dec 27, 2017
Christmas Eve snow to slow holiday travel in central Illinois
The National Weather Service at Lincoln said parts of Central Illinois, including McLean County, could receive three to five inches of snow on Christmas Eve. (WJBC File Photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMI...
Dec 23, 2017
Bloomington Police investigating gunshots on Empire Street
Bloomington Police are asking the public’s help in identifying who shot a gun on East Empire Street earlier this afternoon. (Photo courtesy DavidsonScott/flickr)By Patrick BaronBLOOMINGTON ̵...
Dec 23, 2017
McLean County Sheriff: 2 dead dogs discarded west of Bloomington
The McLean County Sheriff’s Office posted a witness photo of an SUV driving from the scene of where two dead dogs were reportedly dumped west of Bloomington. (Photo courtesy McLean County Sherif...
Dec 22, 2017
