McLean County’s chief prosecutor said on Wednesday that Bloomington Police are conducting a “very active” investigation to find out who killed three men and seriously injured a four year old boy in a shooting Monday afternoon at 311 Riley Drive.… MORE
Bloomington Police are investigating an apparent armed robbery that happened Tuesday night at east side pizza delivery business.… MORE
Families and friends are mourning the loss of three men shot to death Monday on Riley Drive in Bloomington, including a man described as being “so full of life.”… MORE
Authorities have released the names of three people killed in Monday afternoon’s shooting at an apartment complex on Riley Drive in Bloomington, and they reported a young boy also wounded in the gunfire is no longer on the critical list.… MORE
Bloomington Police said a four-year old boy was in critical condition with a gunshot wound after a shooting Monday afternoon that killed three men.… MORE
Three people have been killed and fourth person was injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
A Chenoa woman was killed and another person was hurt when a car and a semi-trailer truck collided in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55, just south of Lexington early Friday evening.… MORE
A local nurse who pleaded guilty to entering rooms of nursing home patients and stealing pain-killing opioid patches from their bodies has agreed to surrender his license to be a practical nurse.… MORE
By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A local opioid case that drew national attention has resulted in a guilty plea and possible prison time for a nurse who took painkilling fentanyl patches from patients’ bodies at two Twin-Cities nursing homes. James Rellihan pleaded guilty to residential burglary, and faces up to 15 years in prison.…… MORE
One of a dozen opioid-related deaths in McLean County so far this year has led to a criminal charge of drug-induced homicide against a Champaign County man.… 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…