Category Archives: Police and Fire
High-speed pursuit ends with suspect’s car in Illinois River
Anthony Huynh. (Photo courtesy: Peoria Police) By AJ Harris and Blake Haas WOODFORD COUNTY – A Peoria man remains behind bars after a high-speed chase that ended with the man’s car in the ...
May 22, 2020
McLean County Coroner ID’s Bloomington man as victim of fatal crash
The accident remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – The McLean County coroner has identified a Bloomington man as the victim of a fatal motorcycle cra...
May 18, 2020
Coroner identifies man hit and killed by train in Bloomington
This incident remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and BPD. (WJBC file photo) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified the man who...
May 15, 2020
BPD: Man hit and killed by train
An autopsy is scheduled for later Thursday. The man’s identity is being withheld until family is notified. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – A man was struck and killed by ...
May 14, 2020
Victims in Lexington fire were daughter, grandchildren of first-arriving Fire Dept Officer
Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused the blaze. (Photo Pixabay) By HOI ABCLEXINGTON – The Lexington Fire Department shared more devastating information regarding the tripl...
May 04, 2020
Mother and two children killed in overnight fire
Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused the blaze. (WJBC file photo) By HOI ABC LEXINGTON – An infant, child, and their mother were killed in a fire overnight in rural Lexi...
May 02, 2020
BPD: Man stabbed Friday on city’s south side
Anyone with information should call BPD Detective Steve Moreland at 309-434-2359. If you wish to remain anonymous, call McLean County Crime Stoppers at 309-828-1111. (Facebook/Bloomington Police) &nbs...
Apr 24, 2020
Missouri man accused of killing woman from Normal
Haley Marie Decker, 18, of Normal. (Photo courtesy Missingalert.com) By Neil Doyle SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police and several other agencies arrested a man from Missouri who allegedl...
Apr 21, 2020
Two Chicago residents arrested for drug possession in Bloomington
Vortes and Jackson are being held at the McLean County jail. (Facebook/Bloomington Police) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Two Chicago residents were arrested over the weekend for possession ...
Apr 20, 2020
One person injured after explosion at Bloomington water reclamation plant
Among the agencies at the scene are the Downs, Randolph and Bloomington Township fire departments.(Facebook/Bloomington Township Fire Department) By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – A woman suffe...
Apr 16, 2020
