Police and Courts

Emerson Evans, 31, appeared before Judge Amy McFarland Monday afternoon for a pretrial detention hearing on two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child. Prosecutors argued Evans should be held in McLean County Jail awaiting trial; McFarland agreed.

A 31-year-old man from Normal was charged Saturday with causing the intentional homicide of an unborn child, after allegedly sneaking the abortion pill mifepristone to his girlfriend in Bloomington without her consent.

Bloomington Police have arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a woman several times.

State police are asking for public help in the weekend case of a naked gunman in Gibson City who allegedly wounded two officers. Troopers said they hope area people and businesses may have relevant video footage.

A 45-year-old Hudson man died Saturday at Clinton Lake in DeWitt County.

State Police said a traffic stop of a box truck Friday on Interstate 74 near U.S. 51 south of Bloomington uncovered nearly 80 pounds of cocaine in one-kilogram packages

McLean County Sheriff's Lt. Jon Albee is running for sheriff.

A federal ruling restoring AmeriCorps grant funding in states that sued over the Trump administration's dismantling of the program may help keep important legal assistance available in McLean County.

Bloomington Police said someone shot a man Thursday night outdoors in the 500 block of East Monroe Street.

State Police have seized an estimated $10 million worth of cocaine during a traffic stop in McLean County.