Category Archives: News
Couple Armed with AK-47 Rob Bank in Ottawa, IL
A man with an AK-47 and a woman are wanted after the FBI said they robbed a bank in LaSalle County on Friday. The FBI is seeking two unknown bank robbery suspects in connection with the incident at th...
May 11, 2018
17-Year-Old Suspect in Double Fatal Shootings in Normal Pleads Not Guilty
17-year-old Christopher Harrison of Bloomington pleaded not guilty Friday to murder charges in the April 25 shooting deaths of two men at an apartment complex in Normal, according to the Pantagraph. H...
May 11, 2018
ISU Tuition Hike
New undergraduate students entering Illinois State University this fall will be pay $384.13 per credit hour, a 3.75 percent increase over the rate for students who started in the 2016-17 school year, ...
May 11, 2018
State Farm is Hiring
State Farm is looking to fill 200 to 300 full-time jobs, mostly entry-level claims and customer service positions, in Bloomington. You can apply at a career expo from 2 to 7 p.m Monday at the DoubleTr...
May 11, 2018
Wheeler to Lead BPD
He is a 27-year veteran of the Bloomington Police Department he is expected to succeed Brendan Heffner as police chief. He is Assistant Police Chief Clay Wheeler. The City of Bloomington released in a...
May 10, 2018
WEEK TV: Suspect in a Decades-Old Cold Case Arrested in Eureka
The Illinois State Police has arrested a suspect in Eureka in connection with a decades-old cold case in Washington state. WEEK TV reports Illinois State Police Lt. Matthew Boerwinkle as saying the IS...
May 10, 2018
Bloomington Man Killed, Driver Arrested After Vehicle Hits Tree
A 25-year-old Dylan Baerwald of Bloomington is dead after the car he was a passenger in struck a tree just west of the city. McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage and McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis sai...
May 10, 2018
Steampunk Festival Returns to Downtown Bloomington
The steampunk festival Cogs & Corsets: A Central IL Steampunk Happening is back June 1-3 for its second year in historic downtown Bloomington. Steampunk is a worldwide trend that is often described as...
May 10, 2018
Rivian Project Recognized with National Award
The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council (BNEDC) is part of a national recognition for the collaborative work done in landing Rivian Automotive in McLean County. The 13th annual CiCi (Corpo...
May 10, 2018
Decatur Police Chief Walks Back Dog Euthanasia Comments
Decatur's police chief is trying to change the conversation that one of his detectives started about the future of drug dogs in Illinois. Decatur Police Chief Jim Getz yesterday told "The Chicago Trib...
May 09, 2018
