Crime and Courts

The number of people shot in Bloomington-Normal over the last eight days is now four. None of the injuries has been life-threatening.

A man who shipped large amounts of methamphetamine from Mexico to his Logan County farm will spend 21 years in federal prison.

The McLean County sheriff said the population of the county jail will likely fall after the SAFE-T Act goes into effect in September.

McLean County sheriff's deputies are investigating boat vandalism on Lake Bloomington. Sheriff Matt Lane says a group of people stole keys, took two boats out on the lake, and hit the seawall overnight on June 28.

A woman from Normal has admitted buying a 9 mm pistol and giving it to a man who used it to kill a cop. Regina Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the straw gun purchase in November 2020.

Prosecutors may want to view the case against Donald Trump absent a political lens, but Illinois State University Political Scientist Lane Crothers said there is no way for prosecutors to avoid that framing.

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill creating the civil offense of fertility fraud, which happens when a health provider knowingly uses their own sperm or eggs in a fertility treatment without the knowledge or consent of the patient.

Michael J. Madigan will likely never step foot in the federal courtroom where four former political power players are about to face trial, accused of trying to bribe the longtime Illinois House speaker to benefit ComEd.

The future of cash bail in Illinois is in the hands of the state’s Supreme Court.

Judges in the 11th Judicial Circuit in central Illinois have chosen Livingston County State's Attorney Randy Yedinak to fill a vacant associate judge's position.