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MURPHYSBORO - A truck carrying a load of what appeared to be concrete barriers overturned about 4:05 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Illinois 13 and Illinois 13/127 in Murphysboro.

A man who police suspect of driving under the influence and causing a three-car crash that injured a 3-year-old child ran off after arriving at a hospital.

Cynthia Colletti headed to the hardware store this week after the handle on her toilet broke. While shopping at Ace Hardware here, she noticed signs in the plumbing aisle that read “Illinois Caustic/Corrosive Substances Act: Effective Jan. 1,...

Bangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers protesting police assault on one of their colleagues caused massive traffic jams in the heart of the city for over six hours Tuesday, leaving the city dwellers and commuters fuming.

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“I just think it’s an overreaction on the part of the Legislature. That if someone wants to make something a weapon, they’ll make it a weapon, and we can’t legislate that out of existence. It’s unfortunate, but people do bad things,” said Colletti, who lives in Springfield.

The center lanes of the bridge reopened at about 6:30 p.m.

Despite efforts to prevent motorists from entering Muni’s underground rail network, an allegedly drunken driver plowed into the Duboce Portal tunnel Thursday, crashing his SUV and delaying service for hundreds of thousands of commuters. The driver, 40-year-old Scott Mitchell of Sebastopol, raced into the tunnel at about 40 miles per hour, driving about a half-mile on the tracks before smashing ...

A truck has rolled over on I-96 just west of Fowlerville causing major delays Friday morning.