Bloomington Fireman #8 (I think)

By: Diane Benjamin It’s getting hard to keep track, but I think the number is 8. Another fireman was recently arrested, this time DUI. I’ve written about him before because he was arrested for domestic violence and then exonerated because his (former) girlfriend was the proven aggressor: https://blnnews.com/2018/02/14/legal-fees-wasted/ . At some point I will have […]

Bloomington Fireman #7

By: Diane Benjamin Thanks to an anonymous US mail source for this story. I had to file a FOIA request before reporting it. The actual number might be higher, but I’m going with 7. Before showing you this story I need to tell you a backstory. Firefighters and police respond to evil and unimaginable violence […]

Compassion isn’t lawlessness

By: Diane Benjamin Any response from District 87? https://blnnews.com/2024/03/12/d87-fire-this-bloomington-fireman/ You thought your kids matter at school? Tent City continues to grow, it has spread to the old Pantagraph building. On Monday the Bloomington City Council will hear plans for the downtown streetscape. Maybe they can “tent” multiple blocks! It will be glorious!

Update: Blood Alcohol .226 – legal limit is .08

Sources tell me Stork drives City vehicles. By:  Diane Benjamin Imagine driving through town at 3:45 in the afternoon.  You are at N Main and West Raab Road when you notice a pickup truck “swerving all over the road”.  You place a call to Metcom.  The truck proceeds down Main, eventually turning left on to […]