In week three of the high school football season, Alton faces a stern road test, and East St Louis plays travels for a contest in Philadelphia against ... Read More

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O'Fallon resident Tisha Crawley's Aug. 15 video shows a line of cars on the Exit 16 ramp so long that it is spilling onto the interstate. More than 40 million TicTok users hav ... Read More

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday that all 150 Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) locations will begin accepting contactless payment, according to a press ... Read More

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From atop the Interstate 57 overpass in Paxton, local police, firefighters and community members watched in silence as the body of Cpl. Brandon Schreiber was escorted by a long procession of squad ... Read More

Rogelio Ibarra, 24, of Rockford, pleaded guilty to the distribution of cocaine and unlawful possession of firearms earlier this year. Read More

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski requests assistance from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) after a viral TikTok video showed a traffic buildup at an interstate exit in O'Fallon, Ill. The ... Read More

A woman has been transported to a hospital after crashing into a medical office building under remodel in Gurnee, Ill., according to a Sept. 11 report from the Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Gurnee ... Read More

Sept. 12, 2024, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) sent a letter to Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary ... Read More

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A semi and a SUV collided on Illinois Route 33, just east of Effingham, about 9:30am Thursday. No serious injuries resulted. Effingham County Sheriff's Office reported a vehicle crossed the centerline ... Read More

Woman accused of trying to smuggle drugs in Cook County Jail. A woman who allegedly smuggled opioid-soaked papers into the Cook County Jail is the 39th person to smuggle or posses ... Read More

Sept. 8 was the 63rd anniversary of the one and only flight of a pilot-less plane that circled Burlington and the surrounding area for several hours before crash landing ... Read More

Authorities have recovered a body near the SS Wisconsin shipwreck in Lake Michigan following resumed search efforts. Read More

The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said authorities recovered the body of 72-year-old Patrick Kelly of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, from the area around the S.S. Wisconsin. Read More

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Authorities have recovered the body of a diver who went missing while exploring a Lake Michigan shipwreck. The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that ... Read More

An Illinois woman was seriously injured Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash in Phelps County. The crash happened in the northbound lane of Highway 63, about seven miles south of Rolla, a Missouri State ... Read More

Authorities attempted to recover the 72-year-old man on Tuesday, before poor water conditions postponed the search to Wednesday. Read More

A plane crash near Schaumburg Regional Airport resulted in two people evaluated but unharmed; the incident is under investigation. Read More

A Naperville woman was arrested this week for allegedly crashing a school bus that transports children with special needs while driving under the influence in Lombard. Lauren Williams, 34, was ... Read More

COOK COUNTY (WLS) -- Firefighters battles a vehicle fire in the north suburbs on Wednesday morning. Chopper 7 was over the scene around 9 a.m. on the Elgin-O'Hare Tollway near Irving Park Road. The ... Read More