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A motorcyclist died Tuesday near Goodfield after being rear-ended by a driver who was ticketed for their alleged role in the crash.
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Another approved use of money is to replace an aging electronic record management system that integrates information for the courts, law enforcement, and other McLean County stakeholders. There has been a lot of unhappiness about that project too.
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A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, but she strongly urged federal officials to hold off deploying guardsmen until Thursday, when she will hear arguments in the case.
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Two men convicted of Bloomington murders in the 1990s have few levers to pull, maintaining their innocence for decades. Family and supporters of Snow and McNeil gathered Thursday for a Wrongful Convictions Day event in Normal.
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Gabrielle Stine, 24, reached a plea agreement in McLean County court on Tuesday, requiring her to serve 100% of her sentence. Charges of aggravated kidnapping and residential burglary were dropped.
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Two 13-year-olds being detained in McLean County Juvenile Detention Center face weapons charges and resisting a peace officer.
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A 24-year-old woman is dead after she crashed her car into a tree and a residence early Tuesday in Bloomington.
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After an initial decline in beds filled at the McLean County jail, numbers have creeped back up since cashless bail began in Illinois. Experts say pretrial release violations are to blame.
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The lawsuit with origins in Central Illinois involves shotgun shells and has nationwide implications.
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A bicyclist has died several weeks after being struck by a pickup truck in Bloomington in late August. It was one of two fatal bicycle crashes within three days in McLean County.
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The McLean County Sheriff's department is fessing up to an error that allowed federal immigration agencies to search its database of Flock Safety license plate reading cameras for more than four months this year.
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Police departments in McLean County that use automatic license plate reading cameras [ALPRs] say none of their data has been shared with federal immigration officers. This comes after Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said camera company Flock shared data with those federal agencies.
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