Category Archives: Police and Fire
Normal Town Council considering adding license plate reading cameras
Last month, Bloomington Police installed 10 different cameras. (Photo courtesy: BPD/Facebook) By Blake HaasNORMAL – The Town of Normal is considering joining its twin-city counterparts by instal...
Jun 21, 2022
BPD trying to identify suspect for fraudulent use of a credit card
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Law at 309-434-2476 or jlaw@cityblm.org. (Facebook/City of Bloomington – Police)By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are requestin...
Jun 16, 2022
Normal Police announcing a change in traffic flow ahead of Tailgate N’ Tallboys festival
This is the first year for the festival in Bloomington at the Interstate Center. (Photo courtesy: Tailgate N’ Tallboys/Facebook) By Blake HaasNORMAL – Normal Police are changing the flow o...
Jun 15, 2022
Dashcam video shows attack on ISP trooper during McLean County traffic stop
Trooper Matthew Niehaus was released from the hospital shortly after the incident. (Photo courtesy HOI ABC)By HOI ABCCHENOA – New dashcam video shows an Illinois State Police trooper trying to h...
Jun 09, 2022
Child ID’d in a crash last Friday in Shirley
Police report the investigation is ongoing. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By AJ HarrisBLOOMINGTON – The crash that caused the death of an Earlville woman has claimed another life, this time of a c...
Jun 07, 2022
Posen man facing charges in McLean County for alleged involvement in pawn shop robbery
Terrance Jones, 38, of Posen, Illinois. (Photo courtesy: Bloomington Police)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A 34-year-old Posen, Illinois, man is behind bars in McLean County for his alleged involvem...
Jun 07, 2022
BPD allegedly finds a man with meth after tearing down a bathroom door at Green Top Grocery
The investigation remains ongoing. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man faces drug charges in McLean County after police allegedly tore down a bathroom door a...
Jun 06, 2022
Springfield boy in custody after alleged threat on Sandy Hook Elementary School
A fourteen-year-old Springfield boy is in custody and charged with disorderly conduct. (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A phone call from Springfield to Newtown, Ct., late Wednesday w...
Jun 03, 2022
Man charged with setting fire to Heyworth home where estranged wife was staying
Jason Harris, 33, of Bloomington. (Photo McLean County Jail)By HOI ABCHEYWORTH – Heyworth's police chief calls it one of the most serious crimes to happen in the small McLean County community si...
Jun 02, 2022
Superintendent scolds vandals for puncturing tires on school buses
Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call the Prairie Central Unit Office at 815-692-2504 or the Chenoa Police Department at 815-945-7111. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCCHENOA – ...
Jun 02, 2022
