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A dust storm in central Illinois Monday morning, May 1 created "zero visibility" conditions, triggering a fiery 72-vehicle pileup on Interstate 55 that killed seven people and injured more than 35 ...
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I-55 remains shut down in both directions
DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Multiple people have been reported shot Wednesday in northern Illinois in what authorities are calling a “mass casualty incident.” Ambulances and two medical helicopters were called to the scene in the Lost Lake community near Dixon, where there also was a massive police presence, according to a post on the Winnebago ...
Rockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois. The village sits north of Rockford, close to the border with Wisconsin. The village sits north of Rockford, close to the border with Wisconsin. According to the 2020 census, the population was 7,863, though a 2019 estimate put the number of residents at 7,441.
Five people, including three young children, have been killed in western Illinois after a school bus collided with another vehicle, authorities have said.. The incident occurred on a highway near ...
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
On March 25, 1947, the Centralia No. 5 coal mine exploded near the town of Centralia, Illinois, killing 111 people. [1] The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor reported the explosion was caused when an underburdened shot or blown-out shot ignited coal dust.