By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man was arrested for a shooting that injured one person Tuesday night. Charles Bell, 33, was taken into custody without incident for the shooting, according to Bloomington police. During the investigation, officers learned that Bell and the victim had a personal dispute which led to the victim being…… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man Tuesday night. Police said they were called about 7:20 p.m., and discovered a man who had been shot in the arm. The wounded man was in the 300 block of East Mulberry Street, near Downtown Bloomington, but it was not…… MORE
A Bloomington Telecommunicator is receiving recognition for helping a caller through a pre-hospital delivery in early March.… MORE
Catalytic Converter thefts are on the rise across central Illinois, and one local police department reports thieves are targeting select vehicles.… MORE
While Republicans try to make hay from Gov Pritzker’s record on crime … there’s also the record of the Prisoner Review Board to examine.… MORE
By Neil Doyle MCLEAN COUNTY – The McLean County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting traffic enforcement details in the northern part of the county. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office says the traffic enforcement will be on the Gridley Blacktop, 1925 East Road and County Hwy. 29, between Gridley and Towanda. “We’d much rather…… MORE
Indicted on six-year-old federal tax fraud charges last week, we are now learning the CEO of Reditus Laboratories is being accused of far more.… MORE
Illinois State Police are releasing the identification of a 24-year old East Peoria man who died in a crash last Tuesday in Woodford County.… MORE
A woman and a teenage girl from Minnesota died in a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash over the weekend in rural Tremont.… MORE
By Neil Doyle NORMAL – Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner on Monday announced plans to retire at the end of April 2022. “I have given this great consideration and the time is right,” said Bleichner in a news release. “The organization has six new recruits preparing to report to the academy at the end of April and…… 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…