EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WAND) - One person is dead after hitting a guardrail on I-57 in Effingham County Friday morning. According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded to I-57 southbound at milepost ... Read More

A rural Champaign County woman died in an early morning accident near Effingham Friday along Interstate 57, according to a news release. Read More

On June 21 at approximately 9:45 p.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a Gray 2015 Kenworth Truck Tractor on Interstate ... Read More

Effingham sits right at the crossroads of Interstate 57 and Interstate 70, which means you've probably blown past it a hundred times on your way to somewhere you thought was more important. Turns out, ... Read More

A 16-year-old Effingham boy died after his vehicle went off a bridge and into the river Monday night. At 4:29 p.m., the Illinois State Police and E ... Read More

MASON / WATSON, Ill. (WAND) - Illinois State Police responded to seven crashes along Interstate 57 in Effingham County Thursday night. ISP told WAND News the crashes happened between 3:15 p.m. and 5:20 ... Read More

One person was killed after a two-vehicle crash in Effingham County Sunday morning. Illinois State Police responded to 2300th Street and East 900th Avenue in Dieterich around 8:30 a.m. State Police ... Read More

The Effingham County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit has released new details about a deadly wreck in Rincon early Wednesday morning. "Preliminary information indicates the car the victim was in ... Read More

One person was hurt earlier this week in a crash southwest of Teutopolis, the Effingham County Sheriff's Office said. The crash happened Monday afternoon on 1600th Street, a quarter mile north of ... Read More

Illinois State Police is investigating after multiple vehicles in Effingham and Shelby counties were damaged by objects thrown from overpasses along I-57. State Police said these incidents occurred ... Read More

The Illinois State Police Division of Patrol Troop 9 and Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 are actively investigating reports of Vehicular Endangerment in Effingham and Shelby counties, ... Read More

Check out the current traffic and highway conditions at I-57 / I-70 at Keller Drive (#7004) in Effingham, IL. Avoid traffic & plan ahead! Read More

Check out the current traffic and highway conditions at I-57 SB at Green Creek Rest Area (#7002) in Effingham, IL. Avoid traffic & plan ahead! Read More

Four people died early Sunday morning after a car vs. train crash in Shelby County. Illinois State Police troopers responded to the crash at 4:20 a.m. around Shelby County Road 400 North and Route 45, ... Read More

One person is dead and another has been flown to a hospital with injuries after a multi-vehicle crash in Cumberland County. Illinois State Police responded to I-70 eastbound just after 1 p.m. on ... Read More

The ordinance will be sent to the IDOT District 7 office in Effingham because U.S. Route 45 cuts through Neoga, Evans said. Under the Illinois Vehicle Code, IDOT must approve city ordinances that ... Read More

Six individuals, including an Effingham resident, were arrested during a two-day anti-human trafficking demand suppression operation in the Troy area on April 23-24. The operation was conducted by the ... Read More

EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WCIA) - Illinois State Police released the results of their Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Effingham, Richland and White counties for March. Read More

MATTOON - Bonds issued by Lake Land College are set to fund the completion of its planned Effingham Technology ... off of Althoff Drive along Interstate 57. "As we have transitioned to a ... Read More

According to Kim Rhodes, Effingham County Coroner, Effingham police officers and the Illinois State Police responded to a crash near the intersection of South Banker Street and Jaycee Avenue ... Read More

No one was injured following an incident Sunday afternoon where shots were reported fired at oncoming traffic on I-70 in Effingham County. The incident happened at about 3:11pm. Illinois State Police ... Read More

Part of I-70 eastbound was shut down for a few hours Sunday evening after two semi-trucks collided. State Police said around 5:42 p.m., troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash, both of which were ... Read More

A federal report on a tanker-truck crash a year ago in central Illinois that spilled a toxic chemical and killed five people includes an interview with a 17-year-old Ohio girl who concedes that ... Read More

EFFINGHAM - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a 6-mile patching project on the six lanes of Interstate 57 / 70 and the three interchanges through Effingham will begin Monday, Sept ... Read More

A motorcyclist from Alabama has died in Central Illinois one week after he was hurt in a traffic accident. Stephen Thuney, the interim Coroner of Champaign County, said the crash happened in Effingham ... Read More

The Effingham County Coroner and the Illinois State Police have shared new details regarding a three-car crash on US Route 40 on Monday, confirming that one ... Read More

The Illinois Department of Transportation reported that a section of Interstate 57 was blocked for a time near Chicago because of flooding. Effingham was particularly hard hit by severe weather. In ... Read More

One person is dead following a multi-vehicle crash northwest of Effingham Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:40 p.m. at the intersections of 1600th Avenue and 1000th Street, near Lake ... Read More

The Effingham County Dive Rescue Team was called out to help the Altamont Police Department after the body of a man was found in a pond just south of Interstate ... Read More

A few hours after the total eclipse brought thousands of spectators to downstate Illinois, traffic remained heavy on some interstates. Read More

Reconstruction of westbound Interstate 70 from just east of the I-57 / 70 interchange to just east of the Cumberland / Effingham County line, east of Montrose, will start Tuesday. The Illinois ... Read More

Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes identified the person killed as 43-year-old Kelli J. Moon. Illinois State Police Troop 9 units ... The northbound car ran off the road to the right and struck a ... Read More

Snow blanketed Effingham County Friday, leading to poor conditions on local roadways and several traffic accidents, some resulting in minor injuries. Read More

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) - Interstate 70 is currently down to one lane in Effingham County as Illinois State Police respond to a two-semi crash. Average gas price in Illinois falls below $3 ... Read More

One person was killed in a crash Friday morning on I-70 in Effingham County. The crash happened about 1am in the eastbound lanes, about two miles west of Altamont. Read More

The semi driver was not injured. Traffic is still being re-routed at the I-57 split near Effingham. No word on when the Interstate will reopen. (WAND) - Illinois state police are on scene of a fatal ... Read More

(WAND) - Illinois state police are on scene of a fatal crash on Interstate 57 near Neoga. In a Facebook post, ISP Troop 9 says, traffic is being diverted at the I-57 split near Effingham. The crash ... Read More

Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes has confirmed that five people, including two children, died as a result of Friday night's semi-truck crash and ammonia leak in Teutopolis ... was diverted from ... Read More

Eight people were injured in a three-vehicle crash Thursday morning south of Effingham. Effingham County Sheriff's Office reported that all of those injured were in the same vehicle, and are all from ... Read More

Emergency personnel are on scene (as of 6:45am) at a multi-vehicle crash on South US Route 45 near Central Grade School. Effingham City Police are asking motorists to please avoid the area. Read More

The accident also led to an increased presence from both the Illinois State Police and the Effingham County Sheriff's Office on I-70. Rose and Niemerg held a press conference Friday to discuss their ... Read More

Effingham, IL (October 7, 2023) - A traffic accident occurred on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 98. RuralMed EMS, ISP, and Effingham FD swiftly arrived at the scene. Details regarding the condition of ... Read More