CRIME & SAFETY

A 29-year-old rural Hudson woman who ran a troubled animal rescue has been criminally charged with three misdemeanors, accusing her of mistreating dogs and at least one cat. Erika F. Horton ran Top Paw Rescue in rural Hudson. McLean County Animal Control seized animals at Top Paw on March 16 after issuing a Notice of Impoundment, WGLT previously reported. The seizure notice cited allegations of animal hoarding and “humane care and treatment violations.”

MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) — The family of Melissa Ostrom warns others in domestic violence situations to get help. In April, Ostrom was reported missing by her Aunt Tami Bicknell and found dead a few days later. Bicknell along with other relatives were present in the courtroom on Wednesday for the suspect, Joshua Livingston’s, status hearing.

A shot(s) fired incident occurred in the 800 block of East Washington Street in Bloomington, IL on 05/21/23. Ryan Murray was arrested without incident and charged with Reckless Discharge of a Firearm.

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD)– Normal police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing child. According to Normal Police Department Facebook, 13-year-old Cole Turner was last seen Wednesday around 2:30 p.m. Turner is described as 5’8″, 130 pounds, with brown eyes and long blonde hair.

BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Bloomington Police are renewing a request for the public’s help to find a murder suspect who’s been on the run for almost 2 1/2-years. Jaleel Johnson, 20, was shot to death during the afternoon of Monday, October 12, 2020, in the 1600 block of Iowa Street on Bloomington’s west side. Two other men were wounded.

MCLEAN Ill. (WMBD)– The man who was found guilty of first-degree murder after fleeing his own murder trial has been extradited back to McLean County. Matthew Lane of McLean County Government confirms that Bakana has been returned home after being found by authorities in Lexington, Kentucky. Bakana had been...

BLOOMINGTON – A Decatur man pleaded guilty to a class two felony in Macon County after facing multiple money laundering charges in the twin cities. Joseph Laramee, 59, of Decatur, faced 11 felony charges, including money laundering and filing a fraudulent state tax return. McLean County Prosecutors say Laramee...

The Bloomington Police Department plans to give away more than 300 combination-lock gun safes on June 10 in an effort to promote firearm storage safety. Bloomington residents who have a valid Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card may present them to police at the Farmers Market downtown in exchange for a voucher. The voucher can then be exchanged for a Sentry-brand safe at Bloomington Fire Station #5, near the intersection of Six Points Road and Fedor Circle.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — A fire Sunday evening extensively damaged a mobile home in Bloomington, causing two residents to find lodging elsewhere, the fire department reported Monday. According to the Bloomington Fire Department, firefighters were called to 3 Snow Lane just before 8 p.m. on a report of a...

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Jamie Snow will review a large volume of video evidence recorded from VHS tapes provided last year to his lawyers as part of post-conviction proceedings in his murder conviction in the 1991 slaying of William Little. Snow has denied shooting Little during a robbery at a Bloomington gas station. Snow...

WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. — The Woodford County Sheriff’s Office says two cars and a pickup truck pulling a trailer were involved in a crash that closed down the westbound lanes of I-74 at mile marker 113, near Goodfield Sunday night. According to Sheriff Matthew Smith, the accident happened...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — The Bloomington Police Department is asking the public for help locating a runaway teen Wednesday. According to a Bloomington police news release, 16-year-old Breyden K. Breymeyer was reported missing on May 11. Breyden is 5’10” with green eyes and brown hair. He was last seen...

The McLean County coroner said a 60-year-old man from Bloomington drowned Monday night when his vehicle left Interstate 55 and ended up in a pond. State Police troopers who were first on the scene went into the Boyd Wesley Park Pond in Towanda, but could not find anyone. Coroner Kathy Yoder said the Hudson Fire Department dive team later attached a cable to a submerged vehicle and retrieved the body of Rick Plourde.

NORMAL (25News Now) - 1 person suffered minor burns after a kitchen fire Wednesday night. Normal Fire Department spokesperson Matt Swaney says firefighters responded to an apartment in the 100 block of West Willow Street for a fire on the stove of an apartment just before 10 p.m. When they...

PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) — Just days before the two-year anniversary of Champaign Police Officer Christopher Oberheim’s death, a woman from Normal pleaded guilty to two crimes related to the purchase of the murder weapon. Regina Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to two counts of conspiracy: one of illegally purchasing and transferring […]

TOWANDA – The McLean County Coroner’s Office has released information regarding a fatal crash that occurred late Monday night on Northbound Interstate 55 near milepost 170 in the Boyd Wesley Park Pond in Towanda. County Coroner Kathy Yoder pronounced 60 year-old Rick Plourde of Bloomington, dead at the...

McLean County's only rape crisis center is planning to make around $950,000 worth of improvements after an expansion campaign. YWCA McLean County's Stepping Stones rape crisis center is housed within the building at 1201 N. Hershey Road in Bloomington, where the YWCA moved to in 1975. While the building underwent expansion efforts in the early 2000s, the program has continued to grow, despite being housed in a facility that was not designed for such services.

BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Bloomington Police need the public’s help in finding a missing three-year-old girl. Angie Daleyza Godinez Nunez of Bloomington was last seen in the 500 block of North Oak Street. She speaks and responds to Spanish. Police say she is a three-year-old Hispanic girl with shoulder-length...

A woman from Normal has admitted buying a 9 mm pistol and giving it to a man who used it to kill a police officer. Regina Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to the straw gun purchase in November 2020. Lewis bought the Glock 48 and ammunition in Indianapolis and lied on a federal form that she was the end user. Instead, Lewis admitted, she and co-defendant Ashantae Corruthers gave the weapon to Darion Lafayette and later told police in Indianapolis that the gun had been stolen.