Multiple schools in Woodford County have canceled class on Tuesday following an investigation into threats of a possible school shooting, according to news partner WMBD-TV.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Illinois State Police communicating with law enforcement in Nevada following mass shooting
Illinois State Police are in communication with federal law enforcement in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history Oct. 1, which left more than 50 people dead and hundreds wounded at a concert in Las Vegas.… MORE
Teen injured in west side hit-and-run
A hit-and-run crash injured a seventeen year old bicyclist on Bloomington’s near west side late Friday evening, and authorities are only now releasing information about what happened there. … MORE
Bloomington Fire Department takes on Hilltop Mobile Home Park fire
Bloomington firefighters responded to a call in the Hilltop Mobile Home Park this morning.… MORE
LeRoy man convicted of attempted sexual assault, burglary
A McLean County judge has found a LeRoy man guilty of charges connected to a report of a break-in and attempted sexual assault in January of this year.… MORE
Downs family escapes house fire
Firefighters from three rural departments battled a house fire in Downs last night.… MORE
Local man charged with ‘higher-end’ marijuana dealing at ISU
A man from Normal is charged with what a local prosecutor described as “higher-end dealing of high-grade marijuana” at Illinois State University.… MORE
Bloomington police investigating attempted carjacking
Bloomington police are investigating an attempted carjacking on Veterans Parkway late Sunday afternoon.… MORE
Man arrested in Bloomington on Missouri murder warrant
Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a Bloomington man Sunday on a warrant charging him with a first degree murder in Missouri.… MORE
Pekin teen’s remains identified months after being found
The remains of a boy who ran away from his home in Pekin last year have been identified in Tazewell County.… 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…