Police and Courts

The other driver in the crash that killed a Normal West student in March won't face additional charges, McLean County's top prosecutor said Friday.

A skydiver who was badly injured earlier this month during a failed landing at a Normal CornBelters game remains in critical condition at a Peoria hospital.

The family of one of the four people killed in a shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, is suing the suspected gunman's father, accusing the Illinois man of negligence.

The Peoria Journal Star reports that the family of victim Joe Perez filed a lawsuit Monday in Tazewell County, the home of Jeffrey Reinking. Reinking's son, Travis Reinking, also lived there before moving to Nashville.

UPDATED 10:20 a.m. | A skydiver suffered traumatic injuries Friday night after a parachute accident during the Normal CornBelters home opener, authorities said.

A 17-year-old charged in the fatal shootings last month at a Normal apartment pleaded not guilty Friday in McLean County court.

UPDATED 1:15 p.m. | A 32-year-old cold case 2,000 miles away led to the arrest of a suspect in Eureka on Thursday.

A 23-year-old Bloomington man is accused of driving under the influence before a crash early Thursday that killed his passenger.

A Bloomington man with a history of drunken driving was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for killing a teenage bicyclist last summer.

Did you get a ticket in the last couple weeks for using your cell phone while driving? Join the club.

A 17-year-old charged in this week’s fatal shootings at a Normal apartment was allegedly wielding three guns that night—including an AR-15 rifle.

Police say they’ve arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with Wednesday night’s fatal shootings at a Normal apartment complex.

Police are investigating a shooting that left two people dead Wednesday night inside a Normal apartment complex.

A nursing mother is suing for discrimination after being told she should use the men's restroom to express breast milk when she reported for jury duty at a Chicago court.

A west-side intersection was reopened Tuesday after a semitractor trailer carrying agricultural chemicals crashed, authorities said.

UPDATED 1:40 p.m. | Authorities say the suspect in a quadruple homicide at a Waffle House in Nashville has been arrested.

An 18-year-old Mackinaw man was identified Saturday as the person shot and killed by a Tazewell County sheriff's deputy.

Tazewell County sheriff's police killed a man near Mackinaw Friday morning. The 18-year-old was at a residence at 34368 State Route 9 and had shot at a deputy.

Four applicants have applied to fill a vacant judgeship on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.

A couple potential moves could leave the McLean County state's attorney's office without its top two administrators.

Peoria Police have made an arrest in last weekend's shooting that killed two at a house party.

The new chief judge for the circuit that includes McLean County is Mark Fellheimer.

Illinois public health officials say the number of people in Illinois who have experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana has increased to 81 cases.

Bloomington Police are asking parents to come forward if their children took piano lessons from a local teacher who’s accused of sexually abusing six children and secretly taping at least some of the incidents.

A 39-year-old Bloomington man is in custody after police seized more than $100,000 in drugs—including 13 pounds of cannabis butter—from a mobile home.

Former McLean County Board chair Matt Sorensen’s co-defendant was sentenced Wednesday to a stiffer two-year prison sentence for his role in a scheme that defrauded State Farm Insurance.

Three Ford County men have been charged with arson in the bombing last year of a mosque in suburban Minneapolis.