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Sports and recreation related concussions continue to draw the attention of medical professionals and legislators. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and experts are taking the opportunity to [...]

Two women are dead after a West Roger Park building had a carbon monoxide leak. The Chicago Tribune reports that it took officials several hours to determine that a leak existed in the building [...]

A suburban Chicago computer recycler was recently cited by federal regulators for maintaining an unsafe workplace that exposed its workers to dangerous levels of lead during full-time shifts. [...]

A dram shop case is a somewhat uncommon type of lawsuit typically filed against the provider of alcohol after a patron causes a drunk driving accident. Dram shop cases can be filed against [...]

Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited a Bedford Park manufacturer for health and safety violations which resulted in one [...]

The latest research from the National Transportation Safety Board indicates that distracted driving is on the rise. Car accidents caused by drivers who were texting, chatting, eating, smoking, or [...]

Authorities say that a 34-year-old Alsip man died in an Oak Forest motorcycle accident on Sunday night. The crash happened on 147th street shortly before 9 p.m. when the man failed to negotiate a [...]

For the second time in less than a week, a crash involving a Megabus has caused fatalities. Today, a 76 year old woman was struck and killed in the west loop after being struck by a Megabus. [...]

A Kane County judge recently sentenced a 48-year-old Aurora woman to 7 years in prison for her role in a fatal 2009 intoxicated driving car accident. Intoxicated driving is one of the primary [...]

Children are among the most vulnerable persons to be involved in car accidents. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading killer of Illinois children and many of these accidents are attributable to [...]