Tag: suicides

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Bloomington features gun violence tonight

By: Diane Benjamin Very brief agenda! The committee Alderman Mollie Ward insisted on after gunfire came through her home is giving a report tonight. In case you forgot: https://blnnews.com/2024/08/20/safe-communities-in-sick-societies/ It looks like this committee is now permanent since the term of some appointees doesn’t expire until 2027. (PDF page 26) Meeting Agenda: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1023/files/agenda/7957 Report from […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Some local stats you need to see

By: Diane Benjamin All of the data below can be viewed on the McLean County Justice Committee reports from this page: https://mcleancountyil.gov/Archive.aspx?AMID=70 Find the reports by Kathy Yoder. Data after June 2023 won’t be available until the September meeting. Compare these to the same time period last year: Details of suicides aren’t available. I’ve asked […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Missing Data – McLean County Deaths

By: Diane Benjamin I am purposely refraining from using percentage increases in the data below. I believe that would distort the actual numbers. For example, I could tell you confirmed suicides increased 40% between 2019 and 2020. The actual number increase was 9, very tragic but 40% sounds far worse than 9. There are a […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

McLean County Justice Committee:

By: Diane Benjamin September numbers from Justice Committee packet for tomorrow, year to date numbers compiled by me: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/8398 The County is going to sign an agreement with a collection agency to collect unpaid court fines. They might want to re-think how they abbreviate the company name: (anybody surprised they are an Illinois corporation?) (If […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

2020 McLean County Suicides

By: Diane Benjamin In 2019 McLean County saw a total of 18 suicides. The total for 2020 was 27. That is is 50% increase in one year. 1 more death is under investigation as a probably suicide according to the December report. Drug overdoses are down from 26 in 2019. Covid? Lockdowns? Schools closed? Anybody […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

McLean County suicides update

By: Diane Benjamin The County Justice Committee is meeting tomorrow. Coroner Kathy Yoder has listed 3 more suicides for August 2020. PDF page 5 https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/7730 I asked Kathy for additional information including ages, she sent the following multi-year recap. The total to date in 2020 is only 3 less than 2019 with 4 more months […]