McLean County Sheriff

The McLean County Board is extending a disaster declaration while appealing the rejection for federal disaster relief stemming from the Aug. 13-14 storms, and also approved a no-interest loan for tax error.

K-9 officer Shadow is retiring after more than eight years with the McLean County Sheriff's Office. He will spend his golden years with Deputy Josh Albee, his handler since 2022.

Correctional officers began wearing body worn cameras in the jail in mid-August. They were purchased as part of a 10-year technology upgrade for both jail and police operations within the McLean County Sheriff's Department.

The Emergency Telephone System Board in McLean County wants to update its unified emergency responder radio system. It will be expensive.

An employee at the McLean County jail is charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. He's now being held at a different jail in Champaign County.

A man died when a sport utility vehicle hit the bicycle he was riding Sunday on the west side of Bloomington.

Jon Albee is running unopposed to replace Sheriff Matt Lane, who is retiring. The Sheriff's Office runs the county jail, which draws heavily from a shared sales tax agreement.

The approval stops short of six-month moratoriums approved by Bloomington and Normal, but gives McLean County more stringent rules than most neighboring counties, officials said.

In his monthly report to the county's Justice Committee, Sheriff Matt Lane said his department has kept up with transfers to prison and mental health facilities. But the state still has a dire shortage of mental health beds for people in the criminal justice system.

The amendment to the agreement — that also must be passed by Bloomington and Normal — will forgo the money that would come during April, May and June, said McLean County Board Chair Elizabeth Johnston.