Category Archives: Police and Fire
LeRoy police probing possible abduction attempt
LeRoy police are describing the suspect as an older white man with a long white beard down to his stomach. (DavidsonScott/flickr) By Neil DoyleLEROY – LeRoy police are investigating a possi...
Jul 23, 2019
ISP looking for answers 16 years after Streator boy’s murder
7-year old Dalton Mesarchik was reported missing on March 26, 2003 and was found murdered the next day. (Photo Illinois State Police Investigations/Facebook) By Neil DoyleSTREATOR – Illinoi...
Jul 15, 2019
Blaze tears through Bloomington apartment house
Bloomington firefighters continued to put out hot spots early Monday morning after a fire gutted a three-unit apartment house at 319 E. Locust St. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard...
Jul 15, 2019
Mourners pledge to “never forget” motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash
Corey Cottrell of Normal was killed June 22 when a hit and run driver struck his motorcycle in Bloomington. (Corey Cottrell Facebook page) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Dozens of motorcy...
Jul 12, 2019
UPDATE: Suspect charged after standoff with local police
Officers on the scene Friday afternoon in the 2600 block of Rainbow Avenue in Bloomington (Blake Haas/WJBC) By Neil Doyle and Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – A male suspect is in custody after a st...
Jul 12, 2019
BPD: Boy shot on city’s near west side
Bloomington police are investigating a shooting Friday in the 400 block of North Lee Street.(Bloomington Police/Facebook) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A juvenile boy was shot Friday in the 40...
Jul 12, 2019
UPDATED: Coroner identifies trucker killed in fiery I-74 crash
Two semis involved in a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon in a construction zone on I-74, between Bloomington and Peoria. (Photo from Eureka-Goodfield Fire Prot. Dist. Emergency Medical Services F...
Jul 10, 2019
I-74 semi crash kills driver, causes traffic standstill
Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said the man killed was one of the semi drivers. (Photo courtesy WMBD-TV) By Howard PackowitzCARLOCK – The Woodford County Coroner confirms a man is dea...
Jul 10, 2019
Garage blaze caused by fireworks
Normal Fire investigators said the blaze started in a trash can (Normal Fire Department/Facebook) By Katherine MurphyNORMAL– With the sky lit by fireworks, a garage in Normal experienced th...
Jul 05, 2019
Gleason creates committee to assist in police chief search
City Manager Tim Gleason is expected to name a new police chief this summer. (WJBC File Photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason has named a five member commit...
Jul 03, 2019
