8 taken to hospital after house explosion west of Bloomington
The house was burned to the ground in the explosion and resulting fire, according to a WGLT reporter at the scene.
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Rantoul teen found dead after flooding accident in rural Champaign County
The county coroner’s office said the body of Elias A. Smith, 17 was found Monday in a flooded drainage ditch in Condit Township, west of Rantoul.
Chrisman teen dies after being hit in head by line drive
A 15-year-old teen is dead after being struck with a baseball and suffering a traumatic head injury, according to the Peoria County coroner.
Man dies after being electrocuted at Clinton nuclear plant
DeWitt County Coroner Randy Rice has identified the man who died as Samuel Ward, 29, of Decatur.
Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says
A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing six people in the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., according to witnesses and a law enforcement official.