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The Champaign Fire Department is still investigating what caused the fire that damaged many buildings near the University of Illinois Champaign campus. The building that houses Zorba’s Restaurant was damaged in the fire when its roof collapsed. This building also houses university buildings, another cafe and apartments. The business have decided to demolish the third… Read More

A man is suing a hospital and a surgeon after losing his sight in a surgery on his spine. The man went in for lumbar spine surgery in May 2010 in order to remove bone fragments from his body. After the 250 minute surgery, the man awoke and was unresponsive and had low blood pressure.… Read More

A 71-year-old Grant Park man was killed in a plow truck accident at a Kankakee County golf course after inhaling carbon monoxide. The accident began when the man was at the Minne Monnesse Golf Course attempting to plow snow after a blizzard. When he hopped into the truck, it caught fire. The man then inhaled… Read More

A school bus that was carrying eight children was involved in an accident outside of Urbana Middle School. According to police, the accident was between a school bus, a car and a minivan. It began as the school bus driver attempted to pass a car, but struck and pushed it forward. The bus then went… Read More

A multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 injured four people. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred near Atkinson as a box truck was traveling eastbound and a passenger car collided with it. A semi-truck that was carrying a trailer was also driving east when he tried to avoid the accident, but swerved into the… Read More

Two people, a man and wife, were killed in a car accident on Interstate 74 near Farmer City over the weekend. According to officials, the 63-year-old man and 62-year-old woman were traveling eastbound down the roadway when their car traveled onto the median. Their car traveled hundreds of feet on the median until it fell… Read More

An Ohio manufacturer, Smith Dairy Products, has recalled a line of smoothies after a routine taste-testing determined that the product may contain undeclared nuts. F’real brand Strawberry Banana Smoothies may contain peanuts and could cause a person who is allergic to them to go into anaphylactic shock. Roughly two percent of American suffer from this… Read More

A recent lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois nursing home that alleges abuse. The woman who filed the suit claims that her nursing home cared for her poorly when she told employees that she was suffering from stomach pain. The Belleview woman states that the nursing home did not give her the medical care… Read More

The Champaign police department is currently investigating an accident that involved a 7th-grade pedestrian and a vehicle. According to officials, the accident occurred at 3:03 p.m. on Monday when the student entered the intersection of Spring Avenue and Prairie Street around a stopped middle school bus and was struck by a Jeep Cherokee. Police are… Read More

Two employees with the Danville ambulance company were injured after a they were involved in a rollover accident on Wednesday. The accident occurred as the ambulance was traveling down the roadway and ran off the road because of the slick surfaces. Once it ran off the road, the emergency vehicle flipped multiple times. The 21-year-old… Read More