Category Archives: Police and Fire
Bloomington woman charged with murder for December stabbing
A grand jury indicted Brittney Mikesell of Bloomington for murder after a December stabbing that killed her boyfriend, Cullen Hedrick. (McLean County Jail photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – ...
Jan 25, 2018
Police: Search of home in Normal turns up cocaine, distribution materials
Thomas Walker (Photo courtesy Bloomington Police)By Greg HalbleibNORMAL – Bloomington Police have arrested a man from Normal on cocaine distribution charges.Police arrested Thomas Walker, 29, af...
Jan 24, 2018
‘Upsetting’ to see damage to iconic Lincoln Bench in Downtown Bloomington
The Abraham Lincoln bench status appeared to have been vandalized with some type of corrosive material outside the Cruisin’ with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center at the McLean County Museum o...
Jan 22, 2018
Federal government seeks death penalty in University of Illinois kidnapping case
Federal prosecutors announced they are seeking the death penalty for the Champaign man accused of abducting U of I scholar Yingying Zhang. The young woman from China has been missing since June 9 and ...
Jan 19, 2018
Suspect captured in December Peach Street shooting
Willie Dawson is accused of hiring a handgun at a group of people on Bloomington’s east side on December 23. (Bloomington Police Department photo)By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON – Authoriti...
Jan 19, 2018
El Paso woman, 29, dies in Interstate 39 crash
Illinois State Police and the McLean County Coroner’s office are investigating a crash in which a 29-year-old El Paso woman died.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Department of Transportation)By...
Jan 16, 2018
Bloomington man arrested on crack cocaine charges
Bradford McNabb was taken to the McLean County Jail. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Police)By Greg HalbleibBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police have arrested a man on drug charges after a search of a S...
Jan 12, 2018
Bloomington Police release video of adult store robbery
Bloomington Police released surveillance video Tuesday of an armed robbery at Risque’s . (Photo courtesy Bloomington Police)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – Police have released a surveillance v...
Jan 10, 2018
Elderly Clinton woman dies in house fire
A house fire in Clinton killed an elderly woman Tuesday night. (Photo courtesy Pixabay)By Howard PackowitzCLINTON – A house fire in Clinton has killed an elderly woman.DeWitt County Coroner Rand...
Jan 10, 2018
Investigators look for cause of rural Bloomington blaze
Investigators still looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed a home and three vehicles in Dale Township, west of Bloomington on Monday. (Photo courtesy of WMBD) By Howard PackowitzMCLEAN C...
Jan 09, 2018
