Police have not identified a suspect in a stabbing that happened outside an apartment building on the city’s east side Wednesday afternoon.… MORE
Category Archives: Police and Fire
Council members weigh impact of proposed civilian board to monitor police
A couple of Bloomington City Council members, mulling over what they said is one of their toughest-ever decisions, were among about 15 people who heard Police Chief Brendan Heffner defend his department’s handling of officer misconduct allegations.… MORE
Grand jury indicts suspect in U of I abduction
A federal grand jury has indicted a Champaign man on a kidnapping charge for the abduction last month of University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang.… MORE
Multiple injuries in I-55 SUV wreck near Funks Grove
At least five people were hurt when the sport utility vehicle they were in flipped in the southbound lanes of I-55 and wound up in the median near the Funks Grove Rest Stop.
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Bloomington council hears conflicting views ahead of civilian police board vote
A standing-room-only crowd gathered at Bloomington City Hall Monday night as aldermen continued to deliberate whether to create a civilian advisory board to review allegations of police misconduct.… MORE
Alleged accomplice said he watched woman stab her mother to death in Funks Grove
The daughter of murder victim Teresa Poehlman of East Peoria planned and committed the killing at Funks Grove last weekend, according to a second suspect in the case.… MORE
Two suspects, including victim’s daughter, charged with Funks Grove killing
McLean County Sheriff’s Police have arrested two Tazewell County residents for the murder of an East Peoria woman, whose body was found last Sunday night in the woods at the Sugar Grove Nature Center in Funks Grove.… MORE
Childress seeking re-election as Livingston County Sheriff
Livingston County Sheriff Tony Childress has announced he is seeking the Republican nomination for the office of sheriff in the March 2018 primary.… MORE
Bloomington Council calls off Monday vote on civilian police advisory board
The Bloomington City Council is delaying a vote on the creation of a civilian advisory panel to review complaints against police.… MORE
Trooper Albin buried with full honors after two days of tributes
Illinois State Police Trooper Ryan Albin was laid to rest Thursday after a funeral at Blue Ridge High School in Farmer City, where he graduated in 1998.… 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…