CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) - Both lanes of I-57 southbound were closed Monday morning after a semi-truck crashed. Around 4:26 a.m., State Police responded to milepost 254 near Rantoul for reports ... Read More

It's true that Rantoul likely never would have become the village it is today without the Illinois Central (and ... a half-mile or so east of Interstate 57. It's a relatively hilly, wooded ... Read More

which also has one at the corner of Interstate 57 and Monticello Road in Tolono Township. Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's Our County section and former editor of the Rantoul Press. Read More

CHAMPAIGN - An Illinois state trooper died as the result of injuries ... was involved in a two-vehicle crash on East Leverett Road at County Road 1300 E, about 2 miles east of Interstate 57. The ... Read More

RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) - The Illinois State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 near Rantoul on Wednesday. UPDATE: Champaign home 'heavily damaged' in fire, no one hurt ... Read More

The Champaign County coroner identified that Tyler S. Flynn, 34, of Dewey, and Muharem Ugarak, 48, of St. Louis, Missouri, were killed in a car crash Monday. State police said ... Read More

Two people are dead after a vehicle slid off an overpass and onto a semi-trailer traveling northbound on Interstate 57 north of Rantoul. The drivers of both vehicles suffered "life-threatening ... Read More

Two people are dead after a vehicle slid off an overpass and onto a semi-trailer traveling northbound on Interstate 57 north of Rantoul. The drivers of both vehicles suffered "life-threatening ... Read More

I-57 remains closed hours later after a fatal crash two miles north of Rantoul in Champaign County. Illinois State Police report that two people died as a result of the crash. At approximately 2:50 p. Read More

The Village Hall of Rantoul has reported a closure of both Northbound and Southbound lanes of Interstate 57 between Rantoul and Paxton. Read More

RANTOUL, Ill. (WAND) - Interstate 57 northbound is closed to the public at the Rantoul exit (Exit 250) due to a crash. Illinois State Police troopers are investigating a crash at milepost 258. Traffic ... Read More

Nov. 8-RANTOUL - The southbound left lane of Interstate 57 will be closed for an undetermined amount of time as state police and the Rantoul Fire Department respond to a crash at milepost 249. Crews ... Read More

The men were arrested in separate stops this week near Tuscola, one with a loaded gun and three kilos of cocaine and the other with several guns allegedly intended for ... Read More

About how 21-year-old Francis Edelen died on the side of I-57. And why the driver who hit him drove away. Illinois State Police believe Edelen got into an accident near Rantoul and went out to ... Read More