Flashback: Normal 2020 Raab Rd and Bikes

By: Diane Benjamin The Normal Police Department posted this pic Wednesday on Facebook along with: Road Closed Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Accident Raab Road between Linden St. and School St. will be closed to thru traffic while the McLean County Accident Reconstruction Team conducts their investigation. Please find an alternate route of travel through this area. […]

Koos proves laws don’t apply to him

By: Diane Benjamin Remember Doug Fansler? He’s the guy trying to get the Town of Normal to remove the stop signs in the middle of the roads in Normal: https://blnnews.com/2021/08/19/mia-common-sense-in-normal/ Yesterday we found out why the Town has no common sense: Chris Koos Doug was on Linden stopped at the train tracks by Uptown because […]

Raab road is a death waiting to happen

By:  Diane Benjamin Watch this video, you don’t need the sound to realize what is going on: The video was filmed by Normal resident Doug Fansler.  The Town of Normal must think bikers and pedestrians have no responsibility to “cross when clear”.  Normal expects vehicles where the speed limit is 30 MPH to notice somebody […]