The first heat-related death has been confirmed in Missouri when a 55-year-old woman was found after she had no air conditioning or water for at least 3 days.
A fatal crash in Will County, Illinois has resulted in the arrest of a California truck driver who is accused of taking meth and causing a fatal crash that took the life of a 40-year-old Chicago man.
There is some science to decide what intersections in Illinois are more dangerous than others. Statistically, the most perilous in the Land of Lincoln has a collision rate exceeding all others with nearly 200 collisions and if you've driven through it, you know why.