Category Archives: Police and Fire
ISP investigating officer-involved shooting in East Peoria
The incident remains under investigation by ISP Zone 4 and ISP Crime Scene Services Command. (Facebook/Illinois State Police) By Neil Doyle and HOI ABCEAST PEORIA – Illinois State Police ar...
Feb 02, 2021
Elected leaders fine local business for violating governor’s COVID rules
The business violated Pritzker’s executive order by serving customers indoors three times late last year. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – The p...
Feb 01, 2021
Bloomington business reacts to downtown murder
Officer John Fermon says the Bloomington Police Department is stepping up security in the downtown area to help the public feel safe. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLO...
Feb 01, 2021
Attorneys deliver closing arguments for 2018 triple murder trial
Judge Casey Costigan said he expected to have a verdict by Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – The judge who will decide the fate of a McLean Co...
Feb 01, 2021
BPD probing shots fired on city’s west side
Anyone with information should contact Detective Jesse Lanphear at 309-434-2369 or JLanphear@cityblm.org. (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Police are investigating a shooting...
Feb 01, 2021
Woman in custody after stabbing in Normal Sunday afternoon
Harris was then taken to the McLean County Jail for booking. Charges are pending an investigation. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Heart of Illinois ABC NORMAL – Normal Police responded to the La...
Feb 01, 2021
Lead investigator takes the stand in McLean County triple murder trial
Sergeant Tim Power. (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC) By Heart of Illinois ABC BLOOMINGTON – Sergeant Tim Power, who led the investigation into a 2018 shooting that left three dead and a c...
Jan 29, 2021
Sydney Mays Trial: Witnesses struggle to remember during fourth day of testimony
Sydney Mays Jr. of Bloomington, talks with a member of his legal team in the courtroom at the Law and Justice Cener Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as he faces charges that he murdered Nate Pena, Corey Jackson...
Jan 29, 2021
Witnesses recount hearing gunfire during second day of testimony in Bloomington murder trial
Sydney Mays Jr. of Bloomington, arrives in the courtroom at the Law and Justice Cener Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as he faces charges that he murdered Nate Pena, Corey Jackson and Juan Carlos Perez and inj...
Jan 27, 2021
Man charged in Twin-Cities sexual assault released on bond
John Fennell, 19, of Indiana. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – An Indiana man has posted bond and was released Tuesday morning from the McLean County Jai...
Jan 27, 2021
