Category Archives: News
Victims in Normal Double Homicide Named at NPD/Corner's Press Conference
Click Here to See Entire Press Conference A 17-year-old male from Normal was arrested in connection with a double homicide late Wednesday at an apartment complex in the 1400 block of E. College Avenue...
Apr 26, 2018
Central IL Uneployment Highlights
Help Wanted Area employers advertised for 7,000 positions in March and approximately 82 percent sought full-time employment, according to Help Wanted On Line data compiled by the Conference Board,whic...
Apr 26, 2018
Unemployment Rate Falls in All Metros
Jobs increase in ten metros Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates Metropolitan Area Mar. 2018 Mar. 2017 Over-the-Year Change Bloomington 3.8% 4.4% -0.6 Carbondale-Marion 4.6% 4.9% -0.3 Champaign-...
Apr 26, 2018
Double Homicide in Normal
Two males are dead after an overnight shooting in Normal. Police tell us it happened just before 10pm in the 1400 block of East College Avenue. Normal Police Chief Bleichner says a third individual wa...
Apr 25, 2018
BPD Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
This Saturday, April 28th, the Bloomington Police Department is participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Unused or expired prescription medication are a public safety issue, lead...
Apr 25, 2018
Dems Override of Licensing Gun Dealers Veto Fizzles
The Illinois Senate failed to override a veto of firearms-dealer licensing by the deadline Wednesday. Democrats in the Senate, where the veto process would start, said they had enough votes to reverse...
Apr 25, 2018
Bloomington's Only Free Spring Bulky Waste Pickup Date Nears
You'd better get your bulky waste together for the only Spring free pickup if you live in Bloomington. The city is shifting away from curbside bulky waste pickup every other week, in which a household...
Apr 25, 2018
Peoria Teen Charged in Second Murder Near Bradley Campus
A Peoria grand jury on Tuesday indicted a teenager in two shooting deaths at a house party near the Bradley University campus on April 8th. 16-year-old Jermontay Brock now faces charges for the shooti...
Apr 25, 2018
Accused Waffle House Shooter's Father May Not Have Committed Crime
Prosecutors in central Illinois say the father of the man accused of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House may not have broken the law. Tazewell County State's Attorney Stu Umholtz yesterday...
Apr 23, 2018
Tazewell County Sheriff: We Didn't Have Waffle House Shooter's Guns
The sheriff in Tazewell County is making it clear: His office never had the gun that police say was used in the Waffle House shooting. Sheriff Robert Huston 's office released a statement yesterday th...
Apr 23, 2018
