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Families call for closure of deadly Route 58 cut-through

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The mother of a daughter who was killed on Route 58 in 2022, as well as the wife of a man killed there Friday, said the Bisco Street cut through on the Chesapeake stretch of the highway should be shut down. Shelby Blevins was 24 when she died in a Route […]

Petersburg woman dies in Route 97 crash

MENARD COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A 60-year-old Petersburg woman is dead and two people are hurt following a car crash on Route 97 on Saturday. Illinois State Police said it happened north of North Shore Drive in Petersburg Township just before 10 p.m. The victim and a passenger were traveling south in a minivan while […]

Multi-vehicle crash forces road closure on Route 40

May 6—A section of U.S. Route 40 near Altamont is expected to remain closed for hours following a multi-vehicle accident that occurred there Monday afternoon, according to Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns. “It involved, I believe, three vehicles,” Kuhns said. “It’s a bad accident.” According to Kuhns, the accident took place at 450th Street along […]

Membership approved to support passenger rail route through Jamestown

May 6—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown City Council in a 4-1 vote approved an annual membership in the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to support a long-distance passenger rail route that could go through Jamestown in the future. Mayor Dwaine Heinrich and Councilmen Brian Kamlitz, David Schloegel and David Steele approved the membership while Councilman Dan […]

Chelsea Historical Society wins $325,500 Route 66 grant

May 4—Chelsea Area Historical Society is one of 11 Route 66 projects recently funded through the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Oklahoma Route 66 Grant Program. The Historical Society has been awarded $325,500 for the restoration and conversion of the 1896 Chelsea Bank building into a local museum of history for the community. The goal is […]