Illinois Traffic Conditions

Russell L. Bright, 63, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana around 12:14 p.m. on July 12 from multiple traumatic injuries sustained during a July 4 accident. Read More

Damaging wind will be the main hazard, but hail, a tornado and localized heavy rain also are possible, the National Weather Service said. Read More

CARMI, Ill. -- Two people are dead and another injured after a crash involving two vehicles in Carmi on Friday afternoon. Illinois State Police (ISP) updated News 3 on the incident which took place at ... Read More

Lightning flashed over Chicago, Illinois, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado warning for the area on Sunday, July 14. This footage was captured by Jason Hoffman, who said that he ... Read More

Forecasters say 'torrential rains' are likely. Chicago is under a flood watch. The storm could drop 2 to 3 inches of rain and bring winds in excess of 58 mph. Another storm system could move through ... Read More

A severe storm watch was issued Sunday evening for scattered to numerous showers moving through northern Illinois and to the east. Chicago will experience the most downpours between 7 and 11 p.m. as ... Read More

Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for 4,200 people in the area and about 4,100 structures are threatened. Highway 3 is back open between Etna and Fort Jones. "Yesterday, the fire experienced ... Read More

Officials highlighted the Interstate 90 corridor between Chicago and Rockford as an area that could have the ... The most severe band of Monday's storms were expected to hit all of northern Illinois, ... Read More

A man was hospitalized after his vehicle apparently exploded in the parking lot of a park in suburban Naperville on Tuesday night. According to police, officers were called to the area of ... Read More

CBS Chicago has issued a weather alert for heat and storm threats. A Flood Watch is also in effect until 1 p.m. Read More

CHICAGO - Earl Lory, a devoted husband and father of three, was a '?very deep soul'? with an intuitive understanding of other people, his family said. The 34-year-old Belmont Cragin resident loved ... Read More

Earlier in the day, strong thunderstorms rolled through Illinois and Indiana, dumping several inches of rain. Areas north of Interstate 88, who had already received torrential downpours on Saturday, ... Read More

A pickup driver died after rear-ending a semi early Saturday on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Summit ... he slammed into the back of a semi traveling in the center lane, Illinois State Police ... Read More

Three people have been hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Cahokia Heights Friday evening. Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department was sent to the scene of a crash on Illinois Route 3, south of ... Read More

Jakyla Hester is charged with aggravated DUI causing death after a fatal wrong-way crash on the Kennedy Expressway. Read More

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that weather permitting,construction on Interstate 74 in Henry County will begin on Monday, July 15, according to a news release. The work zone ... Read More

For decades, states have relied on gas taxes to provide much of the money to maintain roads and bridges. But as cars become more fuel efficient, and some Americans switch to electric vehicles, state ... Read More

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office responded at approximately 2:26 p.m. near South Blue Lake Road in the Town of Hazelhurst, just south of Minocqua, where the two people were pronounced dead at the ... Read More

Fort Bend County area fore departments and a Hazmat team are working to contain a fire at an oil storage tank off of Highway 36 in Orchard. Read More