Normal Police Department
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Photo provided by the Normal Police Department NORMAL, Ill. – Matthew Listman, 21, was reported missing in Normal on Thursday January 26. On Friday, he was found by a creek and pronounced dead. The Illinois State University student was last seen alive at 10:15 p.m. on the 26th near North Main Street and Orlando Avenue […]
NORMAL, Ill. – At attempted robbery at Target left three suspects in custody of the Normal Police Department. According to NPD at approximately 2 p.m. NPD was notified by a citizen regarding two suspicious vehicles driving slowly through the Target parking lot. Upon arriving at the retail store NPD was able to locate one of […]
NORMAL, Ill – At approximately 12:30am on Wednesday, a driver struck two pedestrians outside Pub II. Both men are in critical condition. Normal police say they responded to a call about a vehicular accident, on the scene they found two male pedestrians had been hit by a driver. Normal Fire Department rushed them to the […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal Police Department is investigating an armed robbery with a knife at 315 West Beaufort St. near Uptown. The robbery occurred at approximately 7 p.m. on Sunday evening at the 707 Liquor Mart across from the Watterson Tower dormitories. The suspect is described as a black male, who fled the scene […]
Photo courtesy from Normal Police Department NORMAL, Ill.–After 11 years the Normal Police Chief announced plans to retire at the end of April 2022. Rick Bleichner has served as the chief of police since 2011. “I have given this great consideration and the time is right,” said Bleichner. “The organization has six new recruits preparing to […]
Photo Courtesy from Illinois State University Police Department NORMAL, Ill.–At approximately 11:00 a.m. Illinois State University notified students, staff and faculty about a man with a weapon on Main and Locust. There were further updates from ISU Emergency Alert explaining that the person with a weapon was not in regards to an active shooting situation. […]
Photo courtesy to Young America Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Everyone that lives at Lodge signed a lease to live there before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Residents’ leases began at the beginning of the summer and end next May. Lodge resident and petition organizer Anna Adams pays $765 of rent for her apartment and access to […]
Photo courtesy to Normal PD Facebook NORMAL, Ill.- A body in the woods in North Normal has been identified as 52-year-old man Alexander Goldman. McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder identified the body after an autopsy performed on Aug. 18, 2020. However, cause of death and toxicology testing are pending but there is no preliminary evidence […]
Photo courtesy to Normal Police Department Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Today, Aug. 17, 2020, at around 12:30 p.m. officers from Normal Police Department responded to a wooded area in North Normal, near Greenbrair Drive and Hershey Road for a report of a possible body in the area. Upon arrival, officers located the body of an […]
Photo courtesy the NAACP Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Local black community advocacy groups are reacting to a long history of violence. The Bloomington-Normal chapter of NAACP is elated after over 1,000 people gathered on Sunday, May 31. The NAACP Vice-President Carla Campbell-Jackson said, “Our event was extremely successful and was without incident. We are pleased […]