Police and Courts

A rural McLean County police officer pleaded "no contest" on Monday to official misconduct and computer tampering in a plea deal that allowed him to…

UPDATED 4:50 p.m. | A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime after riding his motorcycle into a group of protesters during a 2020 protest…

A bill to lessen penalties for possessing and selling small amounts of drugs, including heroin and cocaine, narrowly passed out of the state House of…

UPDATED 2:20 p.m. | A 44-year-old Normal man has been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing on Bloomington's west side, police said.A SWAT team…

Authorities have served murder warrants on two people in connection with an October killing on Bloomington's west side, and are still seeking a third.A…

A judge on Monday cut in half Byron Merriweather's 70-year sentence in the 2003 shooting death of a man at Miller Park, after a review of how…

A group of Illinois car dealers has filed a lawsuit against Rivian and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, alleging that plans to sell electric…

Five criminal cases were dismissed against a Bloomington man on Friday after the state acknowledged his mental health diagnosis and clean police record…

Proposed legislation could make it easier for former sex offenders in Illinois to find a home and remove the threat of being forced to move if a childcare…