Edith Brady-Lunny
CorrespondentEdith began her career as a reporter with The DeWitt County Observer, a weekly newspaper in Clinton. From 2007 to June 2019, Edith covered crime and legal issues for The Pantagraph, a daily newspaper in Bloomington, Illinois. She previously worked as a correspondent for The Pantagraph covering courts and local government issues in central Illinois.
Edith joined WGLT as a correspondent in 2019.
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Bloomington Police sergeant Ty Carlton was fired in January after an internal investigation found text messages exchanged between the veteran officer and Cassandra and Jadelyn Lacey, of Bloomington. The couple, both nurses, were being investigated for stealing fentanyl from a doctor’s office where Carlton’s wife Wendy worked.
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Freelance journalist Matthew Bremner said a similar experience in his own life — the accidental injury of infant son — caused him to revisit the story about a father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter, Christina McNeil.
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A Bloomington Police sergeant fired after 21 years on the force told detectives during an internal investigation into his alleged misconduct that he was attempting to shield two innocent people from unwarranted charges when he provided them with police reports in violation of department policy.
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New evidence in the murder case that sent Barton McNeil to prison for life in the death of his 3-year-old daughter would likely be inadmissible at a second trial, a McLean County judge has ruled.
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A Texas firm will crowdsource to help cover the cost of genetic testing to try to identify a woman found dead in rural McLean County 42 years ago.
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In a progress report compiled by DCFS for fiscal year 2023, the agency noted that “unprecedented staff turnover impacts the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and consistency of ongoing assessments of risk and safety.”
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Kentrell Brown, 21, was found guilty of killing Natwan Nash in a 2021 shooting in Bloomington. He faces 20 to 60 years in prison.
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Significant deterioration was reported at all prisons, with only three of 27 prisons ranked in the “fully operational range,” and the remainder in the “impaired operation range.” Pontiac, Logan and Joliet’s Stateville were categorized as nearly inoperable.
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The woman accused by Barton McNeil of killing his 3-year-daughter, a crime that sent him to prison for 99 years, denied during a dramatic post-conviction hearing on Tuesday that she was responsible for the girl’s death.
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On April 15, 2024, Alan Beaman will return to the McLean County Law and Justice Center where he was convicted, this time for a civil trial against three Normal police officers he has accused of framing him on the murder charges.