One man was killed and two other people were injured Thursday afternoon in a fiery crash involving three tractor-trailers and four other vehicles on Interstate 290 near Elmhurst, authorities said.
Allstate is partnering with Uber Technologies to provide the ridesharing firm’s drivers with commercial auto coverage. Uber’s drivers in Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin will receive the coverage beginning March 01, a release said.
No immediate relief is in sight for a swath of the Midwest where heavy rain, melting snow and rising rivers have shuttered schools, closed roads and prompted several evacuations.
There are still a few remnants at Country Classic Cars from the fire that lit up the sky in this rural Illinois town the night of Aug. 8.<br />Concrete floors in the classic car business off old Route 66 remain warped and blackened in spots.
A fire ripped through the roof of a west suburban apartment complex Wednesday morning. A sea of red lights flooded the 6700-block of South Park Lane at about 1:30 a.m. Crews from neighboring suburbs responded to help as the flames tore through the building.
Hundreds of traffic crashes, at least three of them fatal, were reported Wednesday morning as a surprise bout of freezing rain paralyzed much of the Chicago area.
A young dancer left partially paralyzed when a shelter at O’Hare International Airport collapsed on her has received a record $115 million settlement from Chicago and its insurer, her attorney announced Tuesday.
Six people were injured Saturday morning when a Christmas tree caused a fire at a home in west suburban Lisle. The first responding unit reported heavy fire coming from the home’s first and second floors.
An attack in 2012 by a swan toppled a Des Plaines man’s kayak, sending him plunging into the water of a retention pond. The aggressive swan, which had been nesting, continued to lunge at the man as he attempted to swim to shore. He never made it.
U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of weed killers, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto Co (MON.N) and BASF SE (BASFn.DE).
Retailer Meijer Inc said it was recalling packaged vegetables in six U.S. states because of possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause fatal food poisoning in young children, pregnant women and elderly or frail people.
