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As Moscow and Kyiv trade insinuations over concert hall killing claimed by ISIS affiliate, Christian leaders focus on compassion and forgiveness instead of blame.

A bench trial began Monday morning at the McLean County Law and Justice Center for the Bloomington man accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Kiejoun Watts last February.

New evidence presented in Barton McNeil’s challenge to his 1999 murder conviction was not enough to convince a McLean County judge to give him a new trial.

A 52-year-old Bloomington man is facing drug delivery charges after being accused of selling cocaine to Illinois State Police Task Force Six.

BLOOMINGTON — A 25-year-old Joliet man is facing multiple battery and weapon charges in McLean County.

A McLean County convicted killer has lost his bid to seek a new trial in a murder case.

The defendant is charged with unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, a Class X felony, and unlawful delivery of a look-alike substance, a Class 3 felony.

Daniel J. Shelby, 41, of Ellsworth, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroners office said, and the suspect was taken to the McLean County jail.

An assistant states attorney told the court the murder victim stated in text messages the day before his death he would have to "sleep with one eye opened."

WARNING: This story contains mentions of murder and physical assault.