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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 on I-55 and I-72 at Springfield. —

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 ahead of Memorial Day, WLBT-TV reported. Troopers will be placed statewide on Interstate 55 to reduce th...

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 crashed his own vehicle into the median when Binkley collided with Dupre, police said. ...

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