Traffic Safety

The public has had a fair amount to say about how to improve Veterans Parkway in Bloomington-Normal, with more to come.

A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Empire Plaza Shopping Center in Bloomington.

Traffic signals will be installed at the intersections of Fort Jesse Road and Landmark Drive, and Fort Jesse and Greenbriar Drive, following approval Monday by the Normal Town Council.

The state of Illinois has agreed to fund most of a long-promised traffic safety study around the Illinois State University campus in Normal and on the Constitution Trail.

Bloomington-Normal has nearly $2.7 million in potential projects included in an appropriations bill that has advanced from a subcommittee to the full appropriations committee in the U.S. House.

The McLean County coroner and sheriff have identified the bicyclist who was killed Friday in Towanda, saying in a statement on Sunday that Craig E. Ryan, 69, of Bloomington, died from multiple blunt injuries.

A Bloomington man died in an early morning crash Sunday in Normal. Police and the McLean County coroner said Noe R. Mendiola, 22, died from blunt force injuries.

The Town of Normal is exploring how to redesign a 1.85-mile stretch of Vernon Avenue, running from Beaufort Street on the west to Towanda Avenue on the east.

Police in Normal said a 22-year-old Warren, Michigan man died Friday evening in a multi-vehicle crash on the northwest side of Normal. Officers were called to the I-55/74 overpass on Raab Road ¼ mile West of Parkside Road just before 7 pm.

Bloomington Police say a 39-year-old woman is dead following a crash at the intersection of Washington and East streets early Sunday morning.