Safety

A new definition of violence includes harmful use of social media and text messaging. But policy changes move slowly in a fast-paced, online world.

According to a news release from coroner Tim Ruestman, Lisa Hofmann, 40, of Pekin was pronounced dead at the scene at 11 a.m. Tuesday. She had reportedly been struck by a forklift.

A federal workplace safety agency is investigating after a person working for a contractor inside the Rivian plant was seriously injured in a fall.

A Chicago man sued when his insurance company refused to pay for injuries his son suffered when he was hit by a driver while riding a bicycle.

Bloomington Police brought in 217 weapons in a gun buyback program on Sunday. The tally for the no-questions-asked cash event included 66 handguns, 66 rifles, 56 shotguns, 25 assault-style weapons, and four so-called ghost guns that are assembled from parts and do not have a traceable serial number.

The federal workplace safety agency OSHA has proposed nearly $630,000 in fines against a cooperative for allegedly failing to protect workers – including one whose leg was partially amputated last summer at a grain bin in Atlanta, Illinois.

McLean County sheriff's police said a car drove into a school bus with children, forcing the bus onto its side in a ditch Friday morning.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has a lofty goal to get to zero fatal traffic collisions and zero life-changing injuries per year in the county. It's based on a program that emerged in Sweden and has spread worldwide.

The U.S. Labor Department said it will fine Dollar Tree $233,255 for repeat violations at a Bloomington store.The Occupational Safety and Health…

Police said Thursday they have found the other vehicle apparently involved in the second fatal incident on Veterans Parkway in just six weeks, as…