Concrete barrier wall, lighting and guardrail replacement. The 2020 project repaired a seven-mile stretch of the highway from Collinsville Road in southern Madison County to Illinois 15 in St. Clair ... Read More

Tragedy struck a rural Illinois community as an 88-year-old couple died in Tuesday's heavy rain flash flooding. Read More

GRAFTON - The river town of Grafton, which has been dealing with very low-level flooding from the Mississippi and Illinois rivers ... He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for 39 years and ... Read More

UNION CO., Ky. (WFIE) - Union County Sheriff's Office says crews are responding to a crash on State Road 141. We're told that crash happened just south of Weller Davis Road. Officials say a semi-truck ... Read More

55

I-55 reopens after tornado damage A 7-mile section of Interstate 55 near Channahon that had been closed since a tornado touched down Monday night has reopened. ComEd crews worked to remove and repair ... Read More

55

As the Chicago area saw at least 19 tornadoes Monday, high-tension wires near the interstate fell down and were tangled with several cars, according to Illinois State Police. Two people were ... Read More

It happened just after 10 p.m. in the 10-100 block of East Lower Wacker Drive. Police said a man was walking when he was hit by a semi-truck, which then fled the scene. Motorcyclist dead in crash ... Read More

ComEd crews worked spent the days following the tornado clearing debris and reinstalling the lines while Illinois Department of Transportation crews and other authorities removed a number of vehicles ... Read More

55

Interstate 55 reopened near Channahon Thursday morning following its closure earlier this week due to storm damage. Read More

30

I-55 in Will County reopened early Thursday in both directions, the Illinois State Police confirmed, days after severe weather with destructive winds and more than a dozen tornadoes left downed, live ... Read More

55

CHICAGO (CBS) - I-55 reopened early Thursday morning after an unprecedented tornado outbreak in the Chicago area downed power lines onto the expressway. Read More

55

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- Crews reopened I-55 in Channahon Thursday, three days after high winds from Monday night's storms blew power lines onto the interstate. The stretch between U-S 6 and River Road ... Read More

The fabled highway turns 100 years old in 2026, and Chicago is already celebrating ... He's leading a dozen free Route 66 tours this summer, paid for by the Illinois Department of Commerce and ... Read More

55

CHANNAHON, Ill. (CBS) -- A mess persisted on Interstate 55 near Channahon on Wednesday, 48 hours after an unprecedented tornado outbreak in the Chicago area. Illinois State Police got the call just ... Read More

The National Weather Service on Tuesday was investigating 29 potential tornado tracks from the powerful and dangerous storms that hit the area the night before. Five specific tornadoes have been ... Read More

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ill.. -- The Washington County Emergency Management Agency updated residents on Wednesday evening about the dam in Nashville, Illinois. The biggest takeaway from the information is ... Read More

155

Interstate 55 near Channahon reopens after storm damage with two people hospitalized and significant infrastructure repairs. Read More

Police were working to notify family before releasing the names of the man and woman, who were both 88 years old. Read More

55

When will I-55 reopen? Fox 32 in Chicago reported that ComEd and Illinois State Police are hoping to have it reopened on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, the Illinois Department of Transportation issued ... Read More