Illinois State Police said the driver who crashed into a building housing an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, killing four, was not intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Chatham is a village with a population of approximately 14,000 inhabitants that lies just three miles southwest of Springfield in southern Illinois, about an hour and a half’s drive from St Louis.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Authorities said Tuesday they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three kids and one teenager wasn’t targeted. A car traveled through a ...

All of the children were from Chatham, a community of about 15,000 outside the Illinois capital of Springfield. The driver was not injured but was taken to a hospital for evaluation after the ...

Four people, ranging in age from 4 to 18, are dead and several others are injured after a car crashed through an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, authorities said.

CHATHAM, Ill. — Residents of a small central Illinois city on Tuesday mourned the loss of three children and a teenager killed in a startling crash in which a car barreled through a building ...

The driver of the vehicle in the crash that killed three children and a teen in Chatham, Illinois, may have had a medical emergency, Illinois State Police said. By George Wiebe May 1, 2025, 2:20pm PDT ...

CHATHAM, Ill. — Davenport-based blood donor organization ImpactLife is seeing an increase in appointments following a deadly crash in central Illinois. Three young children and a teenager were ...

Hail fell in Chatham, Illinois, on Sunday, May 7, as severe weather was warned for the area. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado warning was in effect ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Authorities said Tuesday they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three kids and one teenager wasn’t targeted. A car traveled through a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Authorities said Tuesday they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three kids and one teenager wasn’t targeted. A car traveled through a ...