Bloomington Police Department

Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said he was pushed to the ground and a man tried to hit him with his fist near Kohl’s about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Renner said he had tried to engage a group of people in dialogue.

Police chiefs for Normal, Bloomington and Illinois State University say they have not recorded any incidents of black residents being harassed for wearing masks in public.

Increasingly, first responders are taking on the role of counselor during the pandemic as the coronavirus stokes fears about health and livelihood.

Donald Whalen Jr., who served 28 years in prison for his father’s fatal stabbing, is back behind bars for allegedly violating the rules of his home detention program.

UPDATED 1:55 P.M. | A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash Sunday night in Bloomington.

Crime went down slightly in Bloomington last year, but shootings remain a big issue for the police department.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Bloomington-Normal men on child sex trafficking charges.

Bloomington Police said they are investigating an incident in which a 17-year-old boy was shot in the forearm on Saturday.

The number of people in the U.S. now required to register as sex offenders is edging close to the one million mark.

A 41-year-old Bloomington woman has died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday night auto accident.

Bloomington Police have arrested a 34-year-old orthopedic surgeon for alleged aggravated criminal sexual assault and abuse of an adult with a physical disability.

A Bloomington man faces 16 years and eight months in prison for his role in a crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

One man was seriously wounded in a shooting late Sunday night in Bloomington.

Bloomington Police said Tuesday they won't ticket the driver of a car which struck a young boy on a bicycle Monday evening.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason has scheduled a Wednesday morning news conference at city hall where he plans to announce his pick to become the city's next police chief.

Bloomington Police said they have arrested a second person in connection with a shooting in which two people were hospitalized earlier this month.

A Bloomington man went before a judge Thursday afternoon to answer to charges stemming from a shooting Tuesday in which two people were hospitalized.

A search committee has named two finalists for Bloomington’s police chief position.

Police have arrested a man and a woman in Normal in connection with two recent Bloomington shootings. Two juvenile boys were wounded in shootings last Thursday and Friday on Peach and Lee streets.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason has announced a five-member committee will assist him in his search for a new police chief.

Bloomington Police have released images of a suspect wanted for an alleged sexual abuse committed in broad daylight.