Route 1 Illinois News Reports

One person is dead after being hit by two vehicles, near Mattoon, Illinois. Illinois State Police said they responded to a crash on Route 16 just east of Interstate ... Read More

A driver was cited after a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 northbound in Union County. According to Illinois State Police, the crash happened near mile post 32, north of Illinois Route 146, around ... Read More

One person is dead after being hit by a car, while walking on Illinois Route 16, near Mattoon. Illinois State Police said that they responded to a crash just east of I-57 in Coles County, around ... Read More

HERRIN, Ill. (WSIL) -- An incident in Herrin took place on Thursday morning, resulting in damage to city property. This happened in the area of Harrison Street and Highway 148, a little after 8 a.m. Read More

The recent shutdown of Interstate 255 from Illinois Route 157 to Route 15 has some Metro East residents adjusting their schedules. Read More

A Hyundai collided with a tractor-trailer in Cottage Hills, sending one woman to the hospital and spilling fluids on Route 140. Read More

On Tuesday, the White County Sheriff's Department received a call of a two-vehicle accident just North of the Omaha Intersection with severe injuries. On Illinois Highway 1 at the County Road 300 East ... Read More

The White County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened on February 4, around 7 a.m., along Illinois Highway 1 near County Road 300 East. The sheriff's office detailed a report from a witness ... Read More

The accident occurred near Edisons Entertainment Complex on February 1 2025 and temporarily shut down the state route through Madison County. Read More

The project is part of the state's Rebuild Illinois program. IDOT also took the close-the-interstate approach in 2020 when it rehabbed a 7.5-mile stretch of 255 between Highway 15 and Old ... Read More

A 32-year-old Rockford man is in critical condition after crashing his Ford Mustang on Illinois Route 176 in Marengo. According to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, ... Read More

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Part of Highway 148 is temporarily closed on Monday, January 27 due to a gas leak. According to an alert from the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency, the ... Read More

A 17-year-old was hurt Tuesday night when his car crashed into an Ameren natural gas station in Ogden. The crash happened on U.S. Route 150 near County Road 2650 E. Officials with the Illinois ... Read More

ASHWAUBENON - The ramp from Interstate 41 south to State Highway 172 east is closed after a crash, Brown County Sheriff's Office said Monday. The ramp is closed for a "significant crash ... Read More

along Illinois Route 153. ISP stated a vehicle struck another vehicle head on. This resulted in two people flown to a regional hospital with serious injuries and another pronounced dead at the ... Read More

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WSIL) -- The MLK Love Train will run through southern Illinois on Saturday, making stops in cities across Highway 13. Carbondale United stated the MLK Love Train event will start ... Read More

A western Illinois man was injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday morning in Scotland County, Mo. It happened just after 7 a.m. on Missouri Highway 15, three miles south of Memphis. According to ... Read More