An 18-year-old man was injured after falling from a sandstone formation at the Garden of the Gods at the Shawnee National Forest. The forest is located in southern Illinois and the incident occurred over the weekend as the victim was visiting the park. The park is a popular destination for rock climbers and hikers. The… Read More
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A car accident in Champaign caused two people to be sent to area hospitals in order to be treated. According to authorities, the accident occurred at the intersection of Mattis Avenue and William Street when a 55-year-old woman failed to yield and collided with an SUV driven by a 52-year-old woman. The impact caused the… Read More
Officials have said that dense fog could be the cause for a 17-car pileup that occurred on Tuesday. The chain-reaction car accident caused the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 to be closed for nearly two hours. Illinois State Police have said that another accident in Joliet caused one lane to be closed because a semi-truck… Read More
At this time, there have been up to 16 deaths and 72 illnesses from the Listeria contamination associated with the cantaloupes from Jenson Farms. There have been reports of the contamination in 18 different states, which has made this the worst food-borne illness in over a decade. Officials with the Center of Disease Control and… Read More
A federal appeals court has recently upheld a $29.1 million medical malpractice verdict that was awarded to a Gurnee boy after a medical malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit stated that government-employed doctors at Chicago’s Northwestern Hospital were negligent when they did not take the appropriate measure to prevent from infection and failed to diagnose a neonatal… Read More
An Illinois-based company has announced the voluntary recall of salmon due to Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products are packets of sliced salmon with the recall date of Dec. 15, 2011. The purchase got onto the market on July 25 and was sold in Publix, Mejier, Winn-Dixie and Safeway stores in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania,… Read More
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed after a ‘car surfing’ stunt left a 20-year-old man dead. The incident occurred in a Wal-Mart parking lot off of South Illinois Route 31 when the young man was sitting on top of a car and the driver took a sharp turn and accelerated quickly. The man was… Read More
A Granite City man was killed after a pedestrian accident occurred while crossing Chain of Rocks Road. According to Illinois police, the accident occurred as the 32-year-old woman was struck by a tractor-trailer. Emergency crews arrived to the scene in order to transport the woman to St. Louis University Hospital, where she was later pronounced… Read More
A semi-trailer accident on Interstate 65 resulted in a fire that engulfed two vehicles and took the life of one man. According to Indiana State Police, the accident occurred as a 23-year-old man from Chicago was unable to stop when traffic backed up on the Interstate. He then collided with another truck that was carrying… Read More
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