Category Archives: Police and Fire

Bloomington mobile home destroyed by fire

Bloomington mobile home destroyed by fire

Posted on August 26, 2016

Fire crews from Bloomington Township and three other departments knocked down a fire that destroyed a mobile home on Bloomington’s south side on Thursday night. … MORE

B-N Police Blotter: Tue. Aug. 23, 2016

Posted on August 24, 2016

A look at reported offenses in Bloomington, Normal and on the Illinois State University campus.23:14 08/23/2016 600 E 11792 4XX GREENBRIAR DR OTHER PUBLIC COMPLAINT
22:34 08/23/2016 870 E 11791 4XX BROADWAY DOMESTIC DISPUTE
21:36 08/23/2016 262 E 11789 BOWLES – NORMAL AVE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
21:36 08/23/2016 262 E 11789 BOWLES – NORMAL AVE THEFT UNDER
20:50 08/23/2016 700 E 11787 3XX N UNIVERSITY ST OTHER MENTAL CASE
20:28 08/23/2016 719 A 924 10XX S MAIN ST 10-57 DAMAGE – PRIV PROP
20:28 08/23/2016 719 E 11786 10XX S MAIN ST HIT AND RUN
18:02 08/23/2016 871 E 11784 17XX N SCHOOL ST DOMESTIC BATTERY
17:46 08/23/2016 803 E 11782 6XX GRANDVIEW DR VIOLATION OF ORDERS OF PROTECTION
17:41 08/23/2016 700 A 922 1XX E RAAB 10-50 DAMAGE – STREET
17:40 08/23/2016 262 E 11781 19XX E COLLEGE AVE RETAIL THEFT
17:18 08/23/2016 870 E 11776 8XX 2nd ST DOMESTIC DISPUTE
17:04 08/23/2016 954 E 11780 3XX GREENBRIAR DR THEFT OF LOST PROPERTY
16:56 08/23/2016 262 E 11777 6XX WHISPERING PINES CC LN BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
16:39 08/23/2016 719 E 11778 9XX 3rd ST CIVIL DISPUTE (NO CRIME)
16:23 08/23/2016 871 E 11775 19XX N KENNEDY LN CRIMINAL TRESPASS TO VEHICLE
16:07 08/23/2016 803 A 921 COLLEGE – MAPLE 10-50 DAMAGE – STREET
16:00 08/23/2016 871 E 11774 3XX WARREN AVE DOG BITE
15:27 08/23/2016 262 A 920 22XX FORT JESSE RD 10-50 DAMAGE – PRIV PROP
15:09 08/23/2016 803 E 11773 1X UPTOWN CIRCLE CRIMINAL TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY
14:02 08/23/2016 945 E 11772 9XX N MAIN THEFT OVER
12:21 08/23/2016 743 A 919 MAIN – GREGORY 10-50 DAMAGE – STREET
11:57 08/23/2016 632 A 918 15XX FT JESSE 10-57 DAMAGE – PRIV PROP
10:54 08/23/2016 698 E 11766 16XX N MAIN RETAIL THEFT
10:37 08/23/2016 945 A 917 MAIN – DALE 10-50 DAMAGE – STREET
10:26 08/23/2016 659 A 916 COLLEGE – LINDEN 10-50 DAMAGE – STREET
09:36 08/23/2016 481 A 915 GRANDVIEW – VERNON 10-50 FATAL – STREET
09:36 08/23/2016 481 E 11767 GRANDVIEW – VERNON 10-50 FATAL – STREET
07:53 08/23/2016 589 E 11762 19XX CLAREMONT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY
07:16 08/23/2016 632 E 11765 20XX N LINDEN BURGLARY FROM MOTOR VEHICLE… 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…