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A Tazewell County man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Knox County. According to a release by the Illinois State Police, at around 4:24 Sunday morning, a 2011 Cadillac CTS was traveling west in eastbound lanes on Interstate 74 near mile marker 52 when it struck a 2009 Toyota Corolla head-on. Police say that the driver of the Corolla, a 35-year-old Mackinaw, Illinois, was killed in the accident and pronounced dead at the scene by authorities. The driver of the Cadillac, 41-year-old Travis T. ...

Jakeith Sabreyonn Hargrove, 19, is now facing multiple charges related to the shooting that took place in Randolph County back in July.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — The last steel beam among hundreds has been set in the new...

WGLT file photo Illinois State Police say a LeRoy man has died in a crash with a semi-tractor trailer on an icy interstate. According to ISP, the 28-year-old man lost control of the truck he was driving on an icy bridge deck on Interstate 74 near Farmer City in DeWitt County around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. The eastbound truck hit the guardrails on both sides of the road and landed in eastbound traffic. An oncoming semi then hit the truck’s driver-side door, police said. The truck driver was take...

This is southeast indiana. this was yesterday when a blast of snow, ice and wind created whiteout conditions. it was short-lived but it did cause this 40-vehicle pileup on interstate 74. the crash went for three miles. six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. this is steam, looks like steam, from lake superior. temperatures were below zero degrees and the lake wasnt frozen. we call this steam fog. that will happen again today. until that lake freezes youll get scenes like...

Could see 6 to 12 inches, but could top 15 inches in some places. right along the interstate 74 cutting across north dakota, that kind of is the zone where were going to see major winter weather, and in the orange shaded areas, blizzard warnings. this is the month of april. no tulips or daffodil, not just yet anyway, and the cold air remains in place with temperatures in the kansas city going from the 70s into only the 40s coming up by tuesday. in chicago, 70s for sunday afternoon. only into the...

Storms. two already produced tornado touchdowns. no tornado warnings in effect right now. we have severe warnings out of illinois out a specific county called champagne county. we have power lines down, buildings damaged and semis blown over on interstate 74. the high-risk does include the cities of memphis, tennessee northward up into the state of indiana. well keep you posted. jenna: great tips there, marie a. the thought of getting out of your car when you see bad weather is probably not the ...