On Monday, the National Weather Service in Chicago issued 16 tornado warnings - the most they've sent out on a single day since 2004. The office confirmed that at least 28 tornadoes swept across ... Read More

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 9-year-old girl was struck and critically injured by a sport-utility vehicle in a hit-and-run Thursday night in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood. At 8:39 p.m., the girl was crossing ... Read More

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Illinois Chamber Music Festival Faculty Concert #5 at Illinois Wesleyan University; 7:30-9 p.m.; July 24, 1210 Park St., Bloomington ... McLean County Fairgrounds, 1106 Interstate Drive, Bloomington; ... Read More

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

Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even ... Read More

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In Peoria, Sweet Basil Cafe announced it will be closed following an incident of "a vehicle driving into our building." The July 18 Facebook post did not include a planned reopening date. However, the ... Read More

AAIM sends its survey to about 700 police agencies across the state ... The rest of the list includes two Chicago officers, one from Decatur and three Illinois State Police troopers. The AAIM intends ... Read More

On July 18, at approximately 3:16 p.m., Illinois State Police Troop 5 units respondedto a two-unit personal injury traffic crash involving a truck-tractor or s ... 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

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Highway 20 over the North Cascades reopened about 4 p.m. Thursday after it was closed in both directions early Thursday morning between Granite Creek (milepost 148) and east ... Read More

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Members of a union that represents about 20 highway department and county courthouse employees are stepping up to help a colleague. In response to a request from the ... Read More

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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

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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

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

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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