A two-car accident killed on Illinois 16. The accident happened around 6:20 p.m. when a 34-year-old man who was driving a jeep and lost control of the vehicle collided with another vehicle. Both drivers had to be cut from their vehicles. The driver of the other vehicle, a 51-year-ol man was pronounced at the scene. […]

Adverse weather conditions are blamed for an accident that occurred Thursday morning on Interstate 57, south of Tantoul. A twenty-year-old woman from Chicago Ridge was driving southbound in the right lane with another woman around 7:45 a.m. when she lost control of her car after hitting a patch of ice. Her vehicle crashed into an […]

Bad weather conditions contributed to a two-vehicle accident which occurred early Wednesday morning along Illinois 57, state police report. Strong gusts of wind, heavy snowfall, and ice on the road caused a southbound pickup truck to lose control and slide into a ditch, where a second vehicle smashed into it. No other details are known […]

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a 2005 law limiting the amount that can be awarded in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. The court ruled that the legislation, passed by the state legislature five years ago, took away from the discretion and power of the courts. Not surprisingly, doctors’ interest groups were quick to […]

The snowfall has caused many accident in Champaign County. Icy roads seems to be a factor in a few of the accidents. One accident involved an MTD bus that was rear-ended by a car. Officials say that the car slipped through the stop sign and hit the back of the bus as it crossed through […]

An accident on I-94 injured a driver of a semi-trailer. The semi-trailer hit a car after the car lost control on the interstate. A 32-year-old driver lost control of his car around 3 a.m. and entered the path of the truck.  After the truck hit the car, it went off the road and hit an exit ramp. […]

A 22-year-old Siegel man is dead following a tragic grain bin accident. According to the Shelby County coroner, the man had been loading dried corn into a grain bin with two other men when he became trapped in the corn and was buried beneath it. The accident occurred on Thursday, and an autopsy is scheduled […]

Authorities have investigated 86 nursing home sexual abuse against elderly or disabled patients. An investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that only one of these cases has resulted in arrest. In a quarter of Chicago’s 119 nursing homes, sexual assault or rape was reported. A majority of the 86 cases it was residents attacking other […]

In Apple River, two were injured in a single car accident on Jan. 14. A married couple, both in there seventies, were driving around a curve when the woman lost control of the car on the snow-covered road. The car vehicle went off of the roadway and turned over. The couple were both taken to […]

The inclement weather caused a few wrecks, but one of the serious accidents included a semi- tractor trailer falling on another car. A 62-year-old driver of a semi-trailer truck was driving on Interstate 74 when he saw another semi-truck lose control on the icy road. He then moved his truck over to the side of […]