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Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy for a shooting overnight on Feb. 8. A 17-year-old boy received multiple gunshot wounds to his leg in the 1000 block of West Market Street.
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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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The person killed Saturday when Illinois State Police responded to a report of shots fired on Interstate 55 has been identified as 37-year-old Trayvon C. Little of Springfield, according to the McLean County coroner's office. Police are not releasing further information about the incident until an internal investigation is completed.
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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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Illinois State Police said they responded Saturday to a report of shots fired on Interstate 55 in Lexington. Police reportedly engaged in gunfire with a subject, fatally wounding them. No one else was injured.
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Family Treatment Court is a problem-solving court aimed at helping families with substance use within the child welfare system.
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Bloomington Police officers were dispatched to a shots-fired report in the 1000 block of West Market Street around 3:43 p.m. Thursday, where they found a 17-year-old gunshot victim.
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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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Felony charges have been filed against a young woman involved in a struggle with police a year ago. Video of Taylor Brown's scuffle with officers in the lobby of the Normal police station went viral.
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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.