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A 20-year-old Burbonnais man was killed in a drunken driving accident in Iroquois County last week. The accident occurred on 4:13 a.m. on Route 52 as the 19-year-old driver of the car lost control and went off the roadway striking a tree on the passenger side. The 20-year-old passenger was killed in the accident and… Read More

A nursing home in southern Illinois will be closing its doors in 90 days after the state Department of Public Health ordered them to surrender their license for failing to comply to the standards of safety. The Orchard Court Nursing Home, that houses 15 residents, will also have to pay $12,000 as a part of… Read More

A 47-year-old man was killed after being involved in a rollover truck accident in Wayne County. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred as the man was heading westbound on Route 15 and he swerved to the left in order to avoid striking a vehicle that was in front of him. The truck then… Read More

Police have said that alcohol may be a factor in the pedestrian accident that killed 20-year-old woman from St. Ambrose on Sunday morning. Authorities are waiting for toxicology reports to determine whether both pedestrian and driver had consumed alcohol before the accident. A 36-year-old man hit the woman as she crossed at the intersection of… Read More

An Illinois mother is seeking a class action lawsuit after the recall of millions of containers of Similac baby formula. The woman’s lawsuit states that the powdered baby formula that Abbott Laboratories Inc. produced caused her child and many others to become sick. Abbott issued the recall on Sept. 22 after there were reports of… Read More

Thirteen people in Illinois and Indiana have joined together to file a lawsuit against a hip replacement manufacturer company that produced a faulty product that required the patients to receive further surgeries. The company, DePuy Orthopaedics, announced a voluntary recall last month of a hip resurfacing and replacement device that was available worldwide. The company… Read More

An Urbana man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 74 at 8:30 a.m. on October 8. The 38-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle while traveling on the on-ramp of I-74. His bike traveled off of the roadway onto gravel. He then turned the bike to head back to the roadway, but the… Read More

A multi-vehicle accident caused delays in traffic as two semi- trucks were involved in an accident with two mini vans. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred when one of the semi-trucks hit another truck causing it to be pushed into two vans. The fuel tank of one of the semi-trucks was ripped off… Read More

The mayor of Rockford was involved in a four-car accident on Illinois 173 earlier this week. The mayor was traveling with his family around 4 p.m. when he was rear-ended by another vehicle when he was stopped at a stop light. The driver of Dodge Neon failed to reduce his speed when he approached the… Read More

A tractor trailer was involved in a rollover accident last week in Rantoul. The driver of the truck was from California and was taken to Carle Hospital in Urbana after the accident occurred. The accident occurred as the 28-year-old man was heading southbound on Highway 57 just around 10 p.m and he ran off the… Read More