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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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