Bloomington Police say they’ve arrested a man who they call a main supplier to cocaine dealers in the area.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Bloomington Police Chief: Domestic violence still underreported
As the community gathers later this week for a vigil to honor a victim of domestic violence, Bloomington Police Chief Brendan Heffner said he worries for every case reported, many are not.… MORE
BPD releases suspect description in pizza delivery heist
Police have released a description of a suspect who robbed a pizza delivery driver on Friday night.… MORE
Bloomington fire caused $650,000 in damages; victims helped by ‘overwhelming’ donations
Bloomington fire investigators say a blaze to a 12-unit apartment building on Bloomington’s east side Saturday caused $650.000 in damages, while they say they still don’t know what caused the fire.… MORE
Bloomington school accepts donations for fire victims
Adlai Stevenson Elementary School is collecting donations to help seven families who were displaced by a fire at an east Bloomington apartment complex on Saturday.… MORE
East side fire destroys apartment building, injures firefighter
Bloomington firefighters battled a blaze that consumed a 12-unit apartment building near the intersection of Empire Street and Gettysburg Drive this afternoon.… MORE
BPD finds 16 year old with a handgun during community policing
Community policing efforts are credited for taking a gun off the streets on Bloomington’s near southwest side and the arrest of a teenage boy for allegedly carrying the weapon… MORE
BPD: Local man produced methamphetamines in west side motel room
Bloomington Police say they arrested a man for allegedly making methamphetamines in a west side motel room.… MORE
‘Welcoming city’ backers plot resistance to Bloomington aldermen’s move to table ordinance
Backers of a ‘welcoming city’ ordinance for Bloomington have turned to social media to rally supporters of declaration aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants.… MORE
Two fires in Bloomington-Normal ruled accidental
Investigators in Normal have figured out what caused a fire in a student apartment Wednesday afternoon.… 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…