Tag: I70

Kansas City police investigating deadly shooting near I-70, Van Brunt

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police detectives are investigating a shooting Friday night that left one person dead. Just before 6:30 p.m. KCPD police officers were on patrol in the area of E. 31st Street and Van Brunt Boulevard when they heard the sound of gunshots. KC mayor, police discuss homicide trends, safety ahead […]

Travelers hitting the road early to avoid I-70 Memorial Day traffic

GEORGETOWN, Colo. (KDVR) — Ahead of one of the busiest travel weekends of the year — the Memorial Day holiday — travelers are hitting the roads early, and AAA is warning drivers of what to expect. On Thursday afternoon at Georgetown’s visitor center off Interstate 70, travelers were stopping by the dozens. Many of them, […]

Travel plans, deliveries impacted by 9-hour-long I-70 closure

MORRISON, Colo. (KDVR) — Thursday’s nine-hour-long Interstate 70 closure after a deadly crash and semi fire left drivers searching for other routes and some, including folks hauling loads on big rigs, waiting it out for hours. This crash and the aftermath are likely going to make a lot of deliveries later than expected. FOX31 Newsletters: […]

Construction to cause temporary lane closure on I-70 today

A continued construction project will cause a lane closure on Interstate 70 today. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Construction to cause temporary lane closure on I-70 Monday morning Traffic on I-70 will be reduced to one lane on EB I-70 near U.S. 127 starting at 7 a.m. this morning, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). Construction […]

‘Nothing left’ of runaway semitruck after fire on I-70

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (KDVR) — Drivers traveling along westbound Interstate 70 on Tuesday saw a perilous scene when a semitruck was destroyed by flames on a runaway ramp. The two occupants survived the crash without injuries. Colorado State Patrol told FOX31 that the fire happened on the lower ramp in the westbound lane, near the Eisenhower […]

Final stage of I-70 project near I-57 in Illinois to begin Tuesday

Apr. 4—Drivers who use Interstate 70 near Interstate 57 in Illinois will see major work get underway on Tuesday, weather permitting. The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public that the reconstruction of westbound I-70 from just east of the interchange with I-57 to just east of the Cumberland/Effingham County line (near Montrose) is […]

Terre Haute Thorntons off I-70 to get EV charging

Apr. 2—A location in Terre Haute will be one of the 39 initial sites offering electric vehicle charging stations along Indiana’s Alternative Fuels Corridors (AFC), the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. INDOT plans to expand Indiana’s statewide electric vehicle charging network through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. It received more than 100 […]

Troopers seize $1.75M in cocaine during I-70 traffic stop; Arizona woman charged

Mar. 26—Troopers seized 110 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $1.75 million, during a Friday afternoon traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Madison County. Felony charges were filed Tuesday against 27-year-old Andrea I. Celaya Rodriguez, of Tucson, Arizona, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Troopers stopped a rented box truck with an out-of-state registration […]