Police and Courts

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.

A longtime associate judge in McLean and Logan counties is retiring. Bill Workman was appointed to the bench in 2014. He'll step down at the end of July.

Luis A. Monroy, 18, is charged as an adult in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Nicholas Zapata. He plans to change his plea to guilty.

A man injured in a shooting in Normal early Sunday morning is in the hospital in unknown condition.

A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Empire Plaza Shopping Center in Bloomington.

Bloomington Police have arrested two men over a self-inflicted weekend shooting on Rainbow Avenue. The injury isn't life threatening.

A 19-year-old Chicago man was arrested Monday in connection with the Sept. 29 fatal shooting of a man following a pop-up party in Normal.

According to McLean County court records, Colin Simpson pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted aggravated battery and discharge of a firearm. A host of other charges, including attempted murder, were dropped.