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Illinois State Police say a trooper providing a motorist assist had his squad car struck and was injured Tuesday morning during a crash on I-57 at milepost 87 south of Mt. Vernon. State Police say the...

State Police say no one was hurt in two crashes that occurred Tuesday morning in a construction zone in the southbound lanes of I-57 near the Dix exit. State Police say the first crash occurred when a...

A rural Vernon family of five was left homeless by a fire that destroyed their mobile home early Monday evening. Patoka Fire Chief Blake Hyde says Dustin Howe was attempting to thaw a frozen water lin...

A Walnut Hill home was damaged in an electrical fire Monday afternoon. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says the fire was at the Barbara Nelms home at 402 Jefferson. He ...

Ameren Illinois officials say they have located a failed piece of equipment that brought down a major transmission line on Tuesday morning leaving more than 22,000 without power. Spokesperson Brian Br...

Four fire departments battled a fire that destroyed a mobile home in rural Opdyke Monday night. Jefferson Fire Protection District officials say the fire was at the William Jones home at 19,251 East B...

The Centralia City Fire Department report the engine compartment of a 2000 pickup was destroyed in a Monday night fire. Fire officials say Patricia McKee of East Noleman was driving through the alley ...

Southbound Interstate 57 has reopened near the Dix exit following a Tuesday morning crash that reportedly involved four cars and three semis. Jefferson Fire Protection District responded to check for ...

A major winter snowstorm has left Interstate highways around the state and I-57, I-70, and I-64 in South Central Illinois, mostly covered in snow on Tuesday. The I-57 on-ramps at US 50 in Salem are no...

Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick says crews have been pulled in for the evening as some east-west roads are drifting back shut almost as quickly as they are reopened. He reports they will...