Category Archives: Police and Fire
Black lab feels the love at ISU
Sage is a two-year old black lab certified by the Supporting Independence through Teamwork Service Dogs. (Photo #apinchofsage Instagram page) By Howard PackowitzNORMAL – The power of social...
Jul 01, 2019
Coroner: Strong storm knocks down tree limb, Peoria man killed
Nathaniel Peck, 39, of Peoria was struck by a tree limb Sunday after a strong storm and winds hit the area. (Facebook/Peoria Police Department) By Neil DoylePEORIA – A Peoria man died Sunda...
Jul 01, 2019
Illinois is now a “Tobacco 21” state, here’s how the law is different
Bloomington Police Department spokesperson John Fermon said BPD is conducting compliance checks at businesses to ensure they're no longer selling tobacco to anyone under 21. (Photo John Fermon Bpd Pio...
Jul 01, 2019
Maryland man wanted for armed robbery arrested in McLean County
Bloomington Police said Monday Jonathan Goff, 36, of Maryland was taken into custody over the weekend in McLean County. (Photo courtesy Montgomery County Police Department) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGT...
Jul 01, 2019
Local police to play key role in tributes to slain Fulton County deputy
Slain Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Troy Chisum. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Department photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – McLean County will be represented in the tributes t...
Jun 27, 2019
Prosecutors: Hit and run van driver in fatal crash did not have drivers license
Jose Rodriguez, 27, has to post a $10,035 cash bond to be released from the McLean County Jail. (Photo Bloomington Police Department) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – The driver of a van wh...
Jun 25, 2019
UPDATED: Man identified in hit and run accident
A Normal man was identified as the victim of a hit and run accident.(Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By A.J. HarrisBLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Police Department has identified the man who was killed...
Jun 24, 2019
BPD: Gunshots fired on city’s west side
No one was wounded in a shooting Saturday morning at Sunnyside Court on Bloomington’s west side. (Facebook/Bloomington Police) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police conf...
Jun 22, 2019
Pritzker’s immigration “firewall” includes ban on Dwight detention center
Gov. JB Pritzker. (File photo by Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Howard PackowitzCHICAGO – It is now illegal in Illinois to run privately-operated immigrant detention centers, like the $45 million propo...
Jun 22, 2019
UPDATED: Second local man jailed for heroin-related death
Jacob Schultz, 34, of Bloomington, is one of two people charged in the heroin-related death of a man last November. (Bloomington Police Department photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON R...
Jun 21, 2019
