Category Archives: Police and Fire

Petrilli: Dogs in the department can do more than sniff out marijuana
No harm for police dogs if marijuana becomes legal. (Pixabay)By: Greg HalbleibNORMAL – A Normal police administrator who has been a drug dog handler says there’s no danger of putting marij...
Syndicated Author May 12, 2018

Parachute accident seriously injures skydiver performing at CornBelters opener
Normal Police say the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a parachute accident east of the Corn Crib that badly injured a skydiver. (Howard Packowitz/WJBC)By Howard PackowitzNORMAL –...
Syndicated Author May 12, 2018

Bloomington man charged with reckless homicide for fatal car crash
Prosecutors filed reckless homicide charges against Brenton Fenwick of Bloomington for a car crash west of the Twin-Cities that killed a passenger in his car.(McLean County Jail photo) By Howard ...
Syndicated Author May 11, 2018

Police: Bloomington man killed in drunk driving crash
Bloomington man is killed in drunk driving crash just south of Illinois Route 9. (Pixabay) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man is jailed for drunk driving and other charges f...
Syndicated Author May 10, 2018

Wheeler chosen to become Bloomington police chief
Clay Wheeler has been with the Bloomington Police Department since 1991. (Bloomington Police Department)By Greg HalbleibBLOOMINGTON – An assistant chief for the past seven years and a finalist i...
Syndicated Author May 10, 2018

Coroner: Man dies in crash west of Bloomington
McLean County Sheriff’s Police were called on the scene of a fatal crash west of Bloomington early Thursday. (Photo by DavidsonScott/flickr)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – McLean County Sheriff...
Syndicated Author May 10, 2018

Grand jury indicts local teenager for Lancaster Heights killings
Normal Police found two men dead in the Lancaster Heights complex on E. College Ave. A grand jury has now handed up indictments against a teenager for the killings. (Google Maps photo) By Howard ...
Syndicated Author May 09, 2018

16-year-old arrested for possession of stolen firearm
Bloomington Police are investigating possible connections between a report of gun shots and a teen who was arrested for possession of a stolen firearm. (Photo courtesy DavidsonScott/flickr)By Patrick ...
Syndicated Author May 08, 2018

Peoria man killed in late-night accident
46-year-old Kendrick Young, Sr. was killed last night after he was struck by a car while crossing the street. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)By Patrick BaronPEORIA – A Peoria man was kil...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2018

Convicted local sex offender charged in new child molestation case
James Shields of Bloomington is charged with child molestation at the same time he’s on probation for another sex crime. (McLean County Jail photo) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Mc...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2018