I-55 News Reports

Motorists are advised to use alternate routes I-10 East to the Twin Span or I-10 West to I-55 North. Authorities report at least 40 to 50 vehicles involved. Read More

A shooting in East St. Louis on Illinois Route 3 northbound near Interstate 55 / 64 left one person injured on the morning of Dec ... Read More

The victim was with another person in a vehicle when the shooting occurred on Illinois 3, just south of Interstate 55-64 at at about 9:15 a.m., Illinois State Police said in a news release. After the ... Read More

Senator Mary Coleman also filed a proposal to designate a portion of Interstate 55 between Highway 141 and Richardson Road in Jefferson County as '?Donald J. Trump Highway.'? The costs of roadway signs ... Read More

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A shooting shut down the Stevenson Expressway in the south suburbs on Tuesday morning. Illinois State Police said a vehicle was struck by gunfire on the outbound lanes of ... Read More

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A shooting shut down the Stevenson Expressway in the south suburbs on Tuesday morning. Illinois State Police said a vehicle was struck by gunfire on the outbound lanes of ... Read More

Motorists are advised to use alternate routes I-10 East to the Twin Span or I-10 West to I-55 North. Authorities report at least 40 to 50 vehicles involved. Read More

DeSoto County officials sent out a traffic alert around 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, warning residents that northbound traffic on I-55 had been reduced to one lane. Read More

The dilapidated Hotel O on the Interstate 55 frontage road could be coming down soon. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the money is in place for the demolition, but the city is waiting for the ... Read More

DeSoto County officials sent out a traffic alert around 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, warning residents that northbound traffic on I-55 had been reduced to one lane. Read More

A crash on Interstate 55 in Hernando, Mississippi is causing traffic delays on Tuesday morning. The crash was reported around 5:45 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-55 at Mississippi Highway 304, just ... Read More

The suspect charged with the murder in the Interstate 55 shooting of a teen hockey player had his first court appearance Monday, and he pleaded not guilty to the court. Read More

EAST ST. LOUIS Lane restrictions will be in effect on eastbound Interstate 55 / 64 over Trendley Avenue in East St. Louis on December 16 and 17, 2024, according ... Read More

Colin and his father, retired Illinois State Police Lt. Col. Calvin Brown, drove along Interstate 55 in St. Louis around 10:30 p.m. Nov. 23, when a stray bullet entered the SUV, striking Colin in the ... Read More

Police say the driver failed to move over to accommodate the state trooper, who had pulled over to investigate another crash. Read More

The traffic fatality remains under investigation by the Grundy County Coroner's Office and Illinois State Police. Read More

Around 12:45 a.m., a state police trooper's squad car was parked in the right lane of I-55 southbound at Route 83 with its emergency lights activated. Read More

Garrett Jordan faces murder charges for the shooting of Colin Brown on I-55, unintendedly hitting him while targeting a different car. Read More

An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of Colin Brown, the O'Fallon teenager who was struck by a stray bullet while riding with his father on Interstate 55 in November. St. Louis Metropolitan ... Read More