Wilmington-Peotone Road is closed in both directions between Route 45 and Cedar Road due to the crash in Peotone Township, the sheriff's office said. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24 / 7. 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

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

About 11:20 a.m. Thursday, troopers responded to a crash on U.S. Route 45, south of Offner Road, which is between Manhattan and Peotone, according to a statement from Illinois State Police. The area ... Read More

The left lane of southbound I-57 is closed at Pesotum due to a two-vehicle crash Monday morning. The crash happened just after 11 a.m. near the exit to Route 45. Officials with the Illinois State ... Read More

Traffic is backed up and being diverted from the southbound lane of the I-57 due to a car fire in south Champaign. Drivers are asked to enter the area with caution and use US Route 45 to Pesotum as an ... Read More

A temporary closure of a busy stretch of Route 45 in Mundelein scheduled for next week ... the northbound and southbound lanes of the state highway starting Wednesday morning on both sides of ... Read More

SALINE COUNTY, Ill. -- One person is dead after a crash involving a vehicle and a cyclist early on Wednesday. Illinois State Police (ISP) reported the crash happened along US Route 45 at Wasson Road ... Read More

Deputy Brian Anderson, 33, was driving a Dodge Durango SUV south on Route 47 near Plank Road near Pingree Grove ... Anderson was critically injured. It took 45 minutes to extract him from the SUV, and ... Read More

The Illinois State Police has confirmed that a man from Sigel died in Wednesday night's train vs. car crash. The crash happened between Sigel and Neoga on an unnamed gravel road connecting U.S. Route ... Read More

SALINE COUNTY, Ill. -- An individual died Friday morning in a car crash in Saline County. The name has not been released at this time. The accident occurred South of Harrisburg on Route 45 between ... 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

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police are shutting down Interstate 57, both northbound and southbound ... will be rerouted to Illinois Route 45 at Mattoon. Vehicles traveling south will be rerouted ... Read More