Gun Violence

Case to center on Second Amendment in Southern District

Bloomington Police say they’re hoping that witnesses step forward with new information that leads to an arrest in the unsolved killing of a 20-year-old last year.

There were at least 69 gunfire incidents in Bloomington-Normal in 2022, including five people who were killed and another 12 who were injured, according to police tallies and WGLT reporting.

On the first full day of his second term, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill banning the sale, distribution and manufacture of high-power assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and ammunition, and large-capacity magazines while still allowing people who already own such weapons to keep them.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders reached a deal Monday on a landmark assault weapons ban shaped by the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park, stifling GOP cries that gun owners’ rights are being trampled.

A 14-year-old boy faces felony charges in McLean County for his alleged role in the burglary and theft of more than two dozen guns from a firearm store in Bloomington last year.

A new student organization at Illinois State University is hosting the school's first holiday drag show.

Bloomington-Normal groups and institutions are decrying the shootings at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend and calling for change in national culture and laws.

Bloomington Police are investigating two gunfire incidents on Wednesday night, including one that left a young person injured.

Police say one man was critically injured in a shooting Friday night in Bloomington.