By WMBD-TV NORMAL – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the man found dead in the tree line near Main Street and Raab Road in Normal Friday. According to a Normal police news release, the man was identified as 47-year-old Aaron Marroquin Jimenez. The preliminary autopsy shows that Marroquin Jimenez died of natural causes.…… MORE
A man is dead after the vehicle he was in struck a utility pole in Normal.… MORE
A crash on Friday involving a car and a bicycle has left one dead.… MORE
Two men in Bloomington are heading to prison after being found guilty of robbing a local pawn shop.… MORE
Three police department dispatchers were recognized in Bloomington.… MORE
The McLean County Sheriff’s Office took five suspects into custody Thursday.… MORE
Florida police arrested a suspect in connection to a May shooting in Bloomington.… MORE
A man was arrested again in Jacksonville, Il. Thursday for his part in relation to the death of Geoffrey Rowry in Bloomington in 2021.… MORE
The McLean County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help to locate a murder suspect.… MORE
A Decatur man pleaded guilty to a class two felony in Macon County after facing multiple money laundering charges in the twin cities.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…