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Police said Aidan McCain, 20, was traveling “at an extremely high rate of speed” when he lost control of his vehicle while headed north on Linden Street on Sept. 15. Two Illinois State University students, Carson Bates and Mike Burns, were struck and remain hospitalized.
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Illinois State University students Carson Bates and Mike Burns, both seniors from Plainfield, were hit by a vehicle outside Pub II in Normal around 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 15.
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Police in Normal said a 29-year-old man was shot in the parking lot of the Candlewood Suites motel on Susan Drive overnight Sunday morning.
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The Normal Police Department is asking anyone who has information on the incident to call its criminal investigations division at (309) 454-9535.
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A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly pointing a BB gun out of a hotel room window in Normal — a move that sparked a lockdown of the area for about 90 minutes.
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Nearly a year ago on a sunny late summer afternoon, a cascade of sharp cracks sounded in the Landings Mobile Home Park in Normal. Ronald Reiner, 66, a resident of the Landings, had taken his handgun and started shooting. Police responded with everyone on the shift, including school resource officers. When it was over, three people were dead.
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Normal Police and the McLean County Sheriff's Department both saw big increases in drunk driving arrests last year. The sheriff's office saw DUI arrests jump 72%, while Normal Police saw a 30% hike, according to the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists.
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The Normal Police Department is the latest central Illinois force to adopt license-plate reading cameras.
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The council will vote during its regular meeting whether to lease 27 cameras from Flock Safety, for close to $84,000. That's the same vender Bloomington chose.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos said he has concerns about privacy protections that he will discuss with the police chief before he votes July 18 on a plan to buy license plate reading cameras.