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As expected, the Normal Town Council on Tuesday OK'd the annexation agreement of 36 acres for the planned Carden Springs development, making way for nearly 500 new apartments and townhouses, near Interstate 55.
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Normal is calling for a flat property tax levy, just shy of $13.4 million — but with a twist: Leaders say the town also proposes slightly decreasing the 2022 property tax rate by about 10 cents.
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The product of a national coalition of police leadership, researchers and professional organizations, the 30x30 Initiative is aimed at encouraging police departments across the country to have 30% percent of their recruits be women by 2030.
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The American Civil Liberties Union says it has not seen the Town of Normal's new policy on license plate-reading cameras, but it disapproves of the plan the police chief says it's modeled after.
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Police said the thefts appear to have been done by an organized group with knowledge of Walmart operations.
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In 2018, there were 11 homicides in Bloomington-Normal. Guilty verdicts have now been secured in all those cases.
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Bloomington-Normal police say they have seen little traffic during and after the snowstorm, and that has kept people safe.
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A 23-year old woman is dead after a vehicle struck her Monday night near Illinois State University.
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The Normal Police Department is down between 13% and 20% in officers, depending on how you count available bodies. Some are still in training at the police academy but cannot yet patrol.
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A criminal justice professor says the three police officers from Normal who fatally shot a gunman at a mobile home park appeared to be coordinated and well trained.