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May 2-I-74 has been reopened but backups continue. DANVILLE - An emergency re-stringing of power lines across Interstate 74 near the G Street exit in Danville (milepost 214) will take place between 2 ... Read More

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Matt Mitchell, a former Illinois State Trooper who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter of two sisters in 2007, has abandoned his efforts to have a hearing into the restoration of his driving ... Read More

Rivian is getting $827 million in incentives from the state of Illinois to support building its next-generation electric vehicle, known as the R2. The company announced Thursday that the Illinois ... Read More

The Kane County coroner's office has identified a person killed in a crash in Sugar Grove Wednesday morning. Emma Grzesik, 18, of Maple Park, was killed making a left turn off Route 47 onto ... Read More

According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the north and southbound lanes of U.S. 51 approximately 1.5 miles of De Soto were closed to traffic shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 2 ... Read More

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May 3-CHAMPAIGN - A noise-abatement wall panel along Interstate 74 in Champaign ... silver sedan that was heading east on I-74 on April 18 left the road and hit it, said Kensil Garnett, an engineer in ... Read More

SWANSEA, Ill - One person was killed and three others were injured in a Thursday afternoon car crash in Swansea, Illinois. The crash happened at around 5 p.m. on the 2400 block of Illinois Route 159. Read More

Rivian's decision to launch production of its second-generation electric vehicles in Normal, Illinois, rather than Georgia, will bring $1.5 billion in capital investment and hundreds of jobs to its ... Read More

The mother of Chicago Police Officer Ella French, who was murdered during a traffic stop in 2021, spoke about losing her daughter. Read More

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Drug pipeline bustedTwo Illinois men have been sentenced to prison as part of a federal investigation that dismantled a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline.Sheldon Morales and Eduardo Santana conspired wi ... Read More

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Severe weather persists in the Midwest with scattered storms possible across Missouri and the west central Illinois Thursday afternoon. Read More

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The bi-annual snake migration in Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest is about to wrap ... That's why, since 1972, the Forest Service has closed the 2.5-mile road to vehicles twice a year. While ... Read More

A Bloomington man charged with multiple weapons offenses has been denied pretrial release after being arrested during a traffic stop. Read More

Coleman of his Opioid Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Unit in Newark secured the plea. Related stories: Scooter Driver Killed In Jersey Shore Crash ... Read More

Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to announce an '?expanded Illinois investment'? at the Normal plant of electric vehicle maker Rivian on Thursday. The company recently ... Read More

Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to announce an '?expanded Illinois investment'? at the Normal plant of electric vehicle maker Rivian on Thursday. The company recently ... Read More

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The Illinois Tollway is warning drivers of phishing texts claiming to be from the highway authority. The I-Team is getting reports from ABC7 Chicago employees getting messages like these. They say, ... Read More

The crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-294 near milepost 1.5 just after 3 a.m. Illinois State Police said troopers responded to the scene for a report of a passenger vehicle that rear-ended a ... Read More

And while some showers could develop in the mid-morning to the west, a higher chance ... Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Scattered storms are expected to develop by this ... Read More