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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — COVID-19 vaccines will be available to Memorial Day weekend...

Some road work suspended for holiday Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail The state transportation department will be suspending as much construction work as possible from 3 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday to help accommodate holiday travel. Lane reductions in west-central Illinois will continue in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 24 at Quincy Memorial Bridge in Adams County; on Interstate 72 near Jacksonville; on I-72 over the Illinois River in Pike County; on Interstate 55 at Williamsville; and o...

Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee to tackle holiday safety May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Motorists can expect to see more troopers on Interstate 55, beginning Wednesday, as part of a new holiday safety campaign. The Mississippi Highway Patrol, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Louisiana State Police will kick off a “Line to Line” traffic safety initiative on the roadway that connects all three states. The hope is to keep drivers safe during peak travel times ahea...

Man struck and killed by car on Mississippi highway May 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A man has died after he was struck by a car on an interstate highway in Mississippi, authorities said. The crash happened early Sunday morning on Interstate 55 in Lincoln County, WAPT-TV reported. Neal Binkley, 44, of New Orleans was heading south on Interstate 55 in a 2016 Cadillac Escalade, police said. Kenneth Lee Dupre, 64, of Magnolia was in the middle of the road after he had c...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — River traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis,...

Mississippi River traffic reopened under damaged bridge ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6A boat hauling barges down the Mississippi River moves toward the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. The U.S. Coast Guard reopened a section of the river near Memphis on Friday, three days after river traffic was shut down when a crack was found in the bridge.Adrian Sainz/APShow ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee remained...

MANCHAC, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man was killed in a car crash on Interstate 55 after he...

Americans hit the road to get vaccinations, giving new meaning to the term covid long-haulers Michele Weldon, The Washington Post April 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The author gets her shot at a CVS Pharmacy in Pekin, Ill.Photo by Michele Weldon for The Washington Post. An earlier version of this report incorrectly spelled Rachael Dziabas last name. - - - As I headed south on Interstate 55 in central Illinois recently, windshield wipers slap-tapping against a heavy rain, an overhead sign blar...

Natural areas can be found on Heartland College campus LENORE SOBOTA, The Pantagraph FacebookTwitterEmail NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — A noisy Canada goose squawked its way across Birky Pond as it chased a possible competitor on a recent Friday in March. “Someone got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning,” observed Janet Beach Davis of the Heartland Community College earth and environmental sciences faculty. Beach Davis has been working on the greenspace at Heartland since construction be...