Category Archives: Police and Fire

Normal Police investigating armed robbery at local smoke shop

Normal Police investigating armed robbery at local smoke shop

Posted on March 14, 2022

By HOI ABC NORMAL – Police say they are still investigating after an armed robbery took place at a local smoke shop late Saturday morning. Just before noon, police responded to Indy Smoke Shop at 112 North Street for a report of an armed robbery, according to Sgt. Rob Cherry. A preliminary investigation revealed the…… MORE

Bloomington shooting injures one person

Bloomington shooting injures one person

Posted on March 11, 2022

By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A man was injured and taken to the hospital after a shooting Friday morning on Bloomington’s southwest side. Police were called around 9:15 a.m. to a parking lot on Goose Creek Drive. When officers arrived, they learned that a shooting had occurred in the parking lot. During the shooting, a…… MORE

Bloomington mom faced questions with DCFS before baby Zaraz Walker disappeared

Bloomington mom faced questions with DCFS before baby Zaraz Walker disappeared

Posted on March 10, 2022

By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – The family of a Bloomington woman charged with concealing her 7-month-old daughter’s death, believes she is mentally ill and needs help. According to DCFS, this is not the first time the mother has been accused of endanger the life of her children. Within the past two years, the Department of…… MORE

2 dead from Bloomington apartment shooting

2 dead from Bloomington apartment shooting

Posted on March 9, 2022

By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Two people are dead, including a child, after a shooting Tuesday night in Bloomington. Police were called around 7:45 p.m. to the 1000 block of Four Seasons Road. The McLean County Coroner pronounced a six-year old child dead at the scene. Authorities say a 35-year old man suffered injuries consistent…… 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…