Construction has ramped up on the Illinois 251 bridges over Interstate 80 on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 in Peru. Crews are removing sections of concrete with jackhammers to replace the bridge deck. The ... Read More

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced in a news release that, weather permitting, work on the bridges carrying Illinois 251 over Interstate 80 in Peru will begin on Monday, July 13. Work ... Read More

Westbound traffic on I-88 near Ashton is shut down while Illinois State Police investigate a serious crash. Troopers say the two-vehicle crash happened around 9 a.m. near milepost 71 in Lee County. Read More

Two people have been airlifted to a hospital after a major crash that shut down the westbound lanes of I-88 in Lee County. Read More

A North Aurora man died Aug. 9 after a motorcycle crash at Route 251 and Chicago Road - the third fatality at the rural intersection in two months. Read More

A small town community in LaSalle County mourns the death of a high school student who was killed in a two-vehicle crash. Read More

An Earlville teen was killed in a crash at Route 251 and Chicago Road in Lee County, west of Paw Paw, on Monday. Read More

An Earlville teen died Monday, June 9, in a two-vehicle crash north of Compton in Lee County. Chasity J. Stavenhagen, 16, Earlville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Route 251 and ... Read More

The tractor with a farm implement clipped the overpass. Traffic is limited to one lane northbound on Route 251. Illinois Department of Transportation, along with Peru police and fire responded. Peru ... Read More

A man died following a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Route 251 near 38th Road south of Mendota, according to the La Salle County Coroner's Office. May 07, 2024 at 5:43 pm CDT A man died ... Read More

A teen is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 251 just south of North 45th Road near Mendota on Thursday. According to LaSalle County Sheriff Adam ... Read More

A Winnebago County judge has ordered the demolition of the Garden Hotel at the corner of Gardner Street (Route 75) and Highway 251, and has ordered the ... Read More

Officials discussed the potential purchase of new license plate reader equipment near Interstate 80 and Route 251 during Monday's Public Services Committee meeting. Raymond said the city has 10 of ... Read More