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One airlifted after car vs. deer accident in Shelby County
SHELBY COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Cumberland County first responders were dispatched to a car vs. deer accident early Friday morning. The Neoga Fire Protection District said crews responded just before 5 a.m. to the accident, which was west of Trowbridge on county highway 33. The vehicle, which had landed in a ditch, caught fire with […]
Charleston man accused of stabbing several people
CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) — A Charleston man is facing multiple charges in connection to a stabbing that happened earlier this month. Officials with the Charleston Police Department said Wes Hughes stabbed several people on Oct. 5 at Division Street and Tyler Avenue. All of them are expected to be okay. Hughes fled the scene before […]
Fatal crash in Iowa claims the lives of three Champaign children
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A deadly car crash one state over resulted in the death of three young children from Champaign. On Oct. 8, a family was involved in a crash on Highway 30 in Iowa last week. It resulted in three family members being hospitalized and three children under the age of five losing […]
ISP responds to two-vehicle crash in Effingham Co.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois State Police responded to reports of a crash along Interstate 70 in Teutopolis Thursday evening. ISP said the two-vehicle accident happened around 5 p.m. on I-70 eastbound at milepost 102. That’s near Frontage Road and North 1650th Street. ISP said the two-vehicle crash involved a truck-tractor/semi-trailer. They also said […]