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Authorities have released new details about an April 3rd accident on I-80 in Liberty Township that killed a 62-year old man and his 56-year old wife. Police say that the accident occurred at 10:35 p.m. when the couple’s 2005 Nissan Altima collided with a 2000 Saturn in the westbound lanes of the interstate. The couple’s… Read More

A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city by the father of a 17-year-old found dead in a collapsed stairwell on April 5, 2006. The teenager’s father filed the suit on April 11, 2006, in Vermilion County Circuit Court.  He was asking for more than $50,000. The size of… Read More

A Carmel police officer clocked a white Hyundai traveling 43 mph in a 30 mph zone last Friday, around 10:50 p.m. When the officer turned on his lights to pull over the car, the driver accelerated on 126th Street between River and Hazeldell roads. Two minutes later, at 10:52 p.m., the Hyundai crashed into a… Read More

Two men involved in a single-car traffic accident along Grape Creek Road around 7:30 p.m. Monday night remain hospitalized at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. According to a spokeswoman for the hospital, both men are still in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon. The men were described by a witness as tailgating her car and… Read More

A 49-year old man and a 28-year old woman from Pontiac were killed in an accident on Route 116 on Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred while the pair were driving westbound on Route 116, and while the cause of the accident has not yet been determined, it is believed that their vehicle was involved in… Read More

A 17-year old girl from Chicago was struck and killed by a van driven by an 86-year old Illinois man on Wednesday. The teen was on a biking trip through southern Illinois when the van apparently crossed the center line and struck the teen and her friends. Two others were injured in the accident and… Read More

A 39-year old man from Dwight, Illinois was charged with DWI after a crash on Monday morning claimed the life of a 25-year old Gardner man. The accident occurred at around 1:45 a.m. on Route 53 and Smith Road, when the vehicle veered into the wrong lane and crashed. The deceased individual was a passenger… Read More

A 32-year-old man lost control of his vehicle Tuesday afternoon while passing another in the westbound lanes of Interstate 270 near Glen Carbon. The vehicle crossed the median and sped into oncoming traffic, crashing head-on with another vehicle, and then spun around to hit a second vehicle. Three passengers, including two children, were critically injured… Read More

A man was seriously injured when his work vehicle was struck by a northbound Amtrak train at 10:00 a.m. on Monday morning.  The accident occurred at White County Road 200 West, which is near Monon.  The man was ejected from his vehicle during the collision, and although authorities do not know the exact cause of… Read More

The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation has banned an eye doctor from doing LASIK eye procedures. Since the 1990’s, the doctor has been sued 50 times for medical malpractice issues. The suits claim that the doctor did not handle LASIK surgeries or the post-operation treatment properly. LASIK surgery is a surgery that uses a laser… Read More