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• Girl, 9, struck and critically injured in hit-and-run on Chicago's South Side

  • Illinois
  • IL-9 NEAR DUNFERMLIN

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 9:08pm
  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

• Mark your calendar for these upcoming events in Central Illinois

  • Illinois
  • I-24

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 5:15pm
  24

  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

• A section of Interstate 255 will be shut down for months for roadwork. Here's what we know

  • Illinois
  • Lake Cook Rd

  • source: Bing
  • 11 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 2:50pm
  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

• 88-year-old couple drown in Illinois flash floods before help arrives, deputies say

  • Illinois
  • I-70

  • source: Bing / New York Post
  • 17 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 12:51pm
  

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

• Illinois dam fails, residents told to evacuate area

  • Illinois
  • Route

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 11:54am
  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

• Peoria restaurant closes, announces remodel after vehicle crashes into building

  • Illinois
  • Peoria
  • US 150

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 11:20am
  150

  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

• What's behind one suburb's 184% increase in DUI arrests? 'Unwavering commitment'

  • Illinois
  • IL-700

  • source: Bing
  • 4 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 10:42am
  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

• Twice the flooding

  • Illinois
  • IL-39

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 10:02am
  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

• Traffic Alert: Emergency crews responding to semi rollover crash on S.R. 141

  • Illinois
  • IL-141

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 10:02am
  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

• Highway 20 reopens after closure due to wildfire

  • Illinois
  • US 20

  • source: Bing
  • 1 view
  • Jul 18, 2024 09:44am
  20

  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

• Union members donate PTO to help highway department employee

  • Illinois
  • US 20

  • source: Bing
  • 1 view
  • Jul 18, 2024 08:13am
  20

  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

• Illinois news in brief: I-55 reopens after tornado damage; John Deere reverses course on 'cultural' issues; Texas plans to continue sending migrants to Chicago

  • Illinois
  • Raymond
  • I-55

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 07:38am
  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

• I-55 reopened after storms closed all lanes for days

  • Illinois
  • La Grange
  • I-55

  • source: Bing
  • 9 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 06:38am
  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

• Man fatally struck by semi-truck in hit-and-run on Lower Wacker Drive

  • Illinois
  • S Lower Wacker Dr

  • source: Bing
  • 4 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 05:50am
  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

• Interstate 55 reopens near Channahon after tornado damage

  • Illinois
  • IL-120 NEAR MCHENRY

  • source: Bing
  • 1 view
  • Jul 18, 2024 05:04am
  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

• I-55 reopens near Channahon after EF-2 tornado ripped through area causing damage, traffic crash

  • Illinois
  • La Grange
  • I-55

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 04:19am
  55

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

• I-55 in Will County reopens after days-long closure due to severe weather, tornadoes that downed live powerlines

  • Illinois
  • Frankfort
  • US 30

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 04:07am
  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

• I-55 reopens after downed power lines close expressway near Channahon, Illinois

  • Illinois
  • La Grange
  • I-55

  • source: Bing
  • 11 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 04:00am
  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

• I-55 reopens in Channahon as thousands still without power from storms, tornadoes

  • Illinois
  • La Grange
  • I-55

  • source: Bing
  • 14 views
  • Jul 18, 2024 03:16am
  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