Illinois Traffic Conditions

Illinois experienced 11 disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms, making it the fourth costliest year to date after 2012, 1993 and 2023. Read More

Energy mayor attacked The mayor of a village in southern Illinois was attacked this week while assessing damage from the recent winter storm. Police learned that Energy Mayor Bengi McGee had been ... Read More

A police chase has unfolded Wednesday afternoon on the Bishop Ford Expressway, with a vehicle traveling at high speeds up and down the highway. Read More

HARVARD, Ill. - A small plane crashed into a building at an airport in McHenry County on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred at Dacy Airport, located along Airport Road in Harvard. SkyFOX was ... Read More

The vehicle exited I-80 at Kearney and began traveling on Highway 44. After crossing railroad tracks at a high speed, the driver lost control and crashed into a field. Read More

A major 40-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Illinois was caused by snowy conditions, resulting in a lengthy closure. Read More

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person following a pursuit in central Nebraska Tuesday.At approximately 10:15 a.m., a trooper saw a BM ... Read More

A 70-year-old woman crashed through an Illinois McDonald's, police said. Screengrab from WLS video A 70-year-old driver came crashing through a McDonald's dining room, sending glass shards in the ... Read More

Illinois is offering a $4,000 rebate on the purchase of an electric vehicle, starting this month. The Illinois General Assembly appropriated $14 million for the rebate ... Read More

Snow and sleet started to fall on early Sunday morning, blanketing the area by the end of the day. Snowfall ranging from 8-12 inches had fallen, causing travel delays, accidents and road closures. On ... Read More

The crash was investigated by the Waukegan Police's Major Crash Unit and several other local agencies assisted at the scene. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Waukegan police ... Read More

Illinois law does not specifically state drivers must scrape snow and ice off their vehicles prior to driving, Master Sergeant Calvin Dye Jr. wrote in a Dec. 9 email to the News-Democrat. However, ... Read More

I-75 Northbound is shut down between Exit 104 (Man O' War) and Exit 108 (Athens Boonesboro), while I-75 Southbound is being slow-rolled, according to the Lexington Police Departme ... Read More

Relief funding from those two federal agencies totals $120 million in the metro-east. The U.S. Small Business Administration helps businesses after disasters but the amount of aid provided by this ... Read More

Government ministries have approved a budget of hundreds of millions of shekels for construction of the Ben Gurion Airport West interchange on the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem highway (Road 1). The entire ... Read More

A campsite located near the intersection of Iowa Boulevard and Highway 61 South in front of the Vicksburg Walmart has been disassembled and moved by state officials this week, relocating at least one ... Read More

A Waukegan man accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash last week is now facing felony charges. According to Waukegan police, 22-year-old Victor Rivas-Martinez Jr. has been charged with failure to remain ... Read More

The Nebraska State Patrol arrested an Illinois man after a pursuit on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska on Tuesday. Read More

Wildlife authorities in DuPage County euthanized a bald eagle that was found to be displaying strong signs of bird flu last week, according to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. An official from the ... Read More