Bloomington Police arrested a man they believe was armed with a handgun in the 1900 block of Tracy Drive Thursday night.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Local group plans inaugural ride to support local firefighters
A local group that’s raising money to support injured firefighters and emergency technicians is holding an inaugural motorcycle run through Central Illinois on Saturday morning.… MORE
Bloomington man kills his children and himself
Bloomington Police say a man killed his children, set fire to his home, and then killed himself in the basement while his wife slept in a bedroom in their northeast Bloomington home. … MORE
Suspect in fatal hit-and-run tied to November home invasion in Normal
The man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash in southeast Bloomington a week ago now faces charges for a home invasion and armed robbery that happened 10 months ago in Normal.… MORE
3 people killed, 1 injured in arson fire
A middle-aged man, a toddler, and infant are dead, and a fourth person is believed to be injured in what authorities believe was an arson fire at a home in northeast Bloomington. … MORE
Bloomington Police Chief talks illegal guns, body cameras, and marijuana
Bloomington Police are touting their haul of 10 illegal guns in 30 days.… MORE
ISU rape, revenge porn cases tied to mobile dating app
Illinois State University Police are investigating an alleged rape and a case of revenge porn, both tied to the use of the mobile dating application Tinder and the picture-sharing app Snapchat.… MORE
Pontiac Police Arrest Man in 2 hour standoff
By Sean Copeland PONTIAC– Pontiac Police were engaged in a standoff for nearly two and a half hours Friday morning. According to a Pontiac police press release, just before 10:45 am Pontiac Police responded to an apartment in the 400 block of W. North where eyewitnesses had seen a man pointing a…… MORE
Bloomington man jailed for fleeing deadly crash, initial suspect won’t be charged
McLean County prosecutors have filed a felony charge against a 22-year old Bloomington man for allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal crash in southeast Bloomington Wednesday, after police initially arrested the wrong man.… MORE
Bloomington Police make second arrest in fatal hit-and-run
Bloomington Police have made a second arrest in relation to a fatal crash on Morrissey Drive and Chrisman Lane that happened late Wednesday morning.… 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…