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Driver who killed 4 after hitting Illinois after-school building may have had medical emergency, police say.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the ...

Nine Illinois police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024 were honored at a ceremony in Springfield ...

Some evidence has been developed indicating the possibility of a medical emergency leading to the crash,” ISP Director ...

As details about the investigation emerged, people in the community of nearly 15,000 outside the Illinois capital city of Springfield found ways to grieve and comfort each other. Schools switched ...

Police say four people were killed when a car smashed through a building in Chatham, Illinois. Chatham Police Department's ...

(AP) — Four children were killed and several more were injured when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois ...