An early morning freight train derailment is causing limited service on the BNSF line for Metra commuters trains between Aurora and Chicago. Metra officials are suggesting commuters find '?alternate ... Read More

Authorities are investigating a fatal crash in Aurora after a pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Illinois Route 59. Read More

A highly-trafficked stretch of Illinois Route 59 remains closed Wednesday due to icy roads, officials confirmed. The closure extends from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road in Lake County, as frigid ... Read More

Antioch, IL (November 12, 2024) - Emergency responders from the Antioch Fire District were called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision involving a semi-truck and a passenger car at Route 59 and ... Read More

A Pennsylvania truck driver is dead after a multivehicle crash in West Chicago. Authorities said the 54-year-old man was driving a semitruck south on Route 59 near Stimmel Street at about 10:30 a.m. Read More

A southwest suburban pastor says a girl who died after a crash outside his church this week had been leaving a youth ministry get-together. WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya reports. Read More

PLAINFIELD, Ill. - The Plainfield community is in mourning after a tragic car crash claimed the life of a sixth grader. The crash happened Wednesday just feet away from the Community Christian Church, ... Read More

A suburban faith community was left grieving after a 12-year-old girl was struck and killed while exiting her family's vehicle following an earlier crash. Gianna Lamb had attended a student ministry ... Read More

A 12-year-old girl is dead after she was hit by a driver after she got out of a car involved in a separate crash Wednesday night in Plainfield, according to police. Around 8:30 p.m. near Route 59 and ... Read More

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 12-year-old girl was critically injured when she was hit by a car Wednesday night while running away from another car crash in southwest suburban Plainfield. Read More

On Jan. 10 at approximately 9:20 a.m. deputies responded to a two-vehicle accident with an injury at the intersection of Mulford Road and Illinois Route 72. After investigation, deputies learned that ... Read More

A 74-year-old McHenry County man was driving under the influence of cocaine in February when his SUV struck another vehicle head-on, killing its driver, authorities said Wednesday. Craig B. Muzard, ... Read More

'?With the Calamos Investments name visible from both busy Interstate 88 and Illinois Route 59 atop a unique, modernism-styled building, it surely draws attention,'? Witkowski said. '?The greatest impact ... Read More

PLAINFIELD, IL - A man who Plainfield police said stole a vehicle in Joliet Tuesday fled on foot near 127th Street and Route 59, according to an update published around 5:45 p.m. Read More

Traffic was closed in both directions between Joliet Street and Mack Road. WARRENVILLE, IL --- A downed wire closed traffic on Route 59 in both directions Monday after blizzard conditions left ... Read More