Semi crashes through Bishop Ford center median

DOLTON | A semi tractor-trailer jackknifed on the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway at Sibley Boulevard early Tuesday, breaking through the center median and toppling a light pole, police said.

Rivers nearing crest as roads closed for flooding reopen

Many roads closed due to flooding on Thursday were reopened on Friday as flood waters began to recede.

State police seek video surveillance of fatal Bishop Ford Freeway accident

DOLTON | Illinois State Police are seeking video surveillance of a fatal accident Tuesday on the Bishop Ford Freeway that left a Chicago woman dead, a spokeswoman said.

Hegewisch crash near Ford plant backs up traffic for miles

CHICAGO | An early morning crash Tuesday in the westbound lanes of 130th Street near Torrence Avenue near the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant jammed traffic for miles on the Bishop Ford Freeway from Interstate 80/94 to the Dan Ryan merge, police said.

Parts of Bishop Ford scheduled for overnight closures, delays

DOLTON | Illinois Department of Transportation officials will close parts of the Bishop Ford Freeway for the next several nights, depending on the weather, starting Wednesday, according to a news release.

IDOT: Saturday lane closures on southbound Bishop Ford

SCHAUMBURG | The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that, weather permitting, one lane will be closed on the southbound Bishop Ford Freeway/Interstate 94 for maintenance work from midnight Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday from 120th to 136th streets.

Bishop Ford open after fatal accident

CALUMET CITY | All northbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway were open at Sibley Boulevard at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday following a fatal accident there in the morning.

Chicago man ID'd as victim of crash on Bishop Ford Freeway

DOLTON | The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the driver of an SUV who was killed early Monday in a rollover crash on a ramp of the Bishop Ford Freeway.

Driver killed in rollover on ramp from Bishop Ford

DOLTON | One man is dead and two other people injured following a rollover crash early Monday on the westbound Sibley Boulevard ramp from the eastbound Bishop Ford Freeway, police said.

Wrong-way driver in fatal Bishop Ford crash succumbs to injuries

CHICAGO | A Chicago man who drove the wrong way on the Bishop Ford freeway on April 30 and killed a Dolton man in a crash has died.

Police: Alcohol a factor in wrong-way crash that killed Dolton man

CHICAGO | A wrong-way driver killed a Dolton man on the Bishop Ford Freeway early Monday morning in an alcohol-related head-on collision, forcing the closure of all inbound lanes there for five hours., police said.

Cal City man among 3 killed in car stopped on Bishop Ford

CHICAGO | Three people are dead after their car was struck Sunday morning by an SUV while stopped in the middle of the Bishop Ford Freeway.

MARK KIESLING: Cline Avenue tollway could become another Skyway

In 1958, before many of you were born, Chicago built a highway that runs almost eight miles over the city's South Side neighborhoods.

New al-Qaida threat similar to 2007 Metra incident

CHICAGO | Emerging details about an al-Qaida plot to derail a U.S. train are eerily similar to a 2007 incident involving the Metra Electric Line over the Bishop Ford Freeway on Chicago's Southeast Side.

Two rescued after falling into hole in Chicago

Chicago Fire Department crews rescued two men who fell into a hole early Thursday morning on 130th Street just west of the Bishop Ford Freeway in Chicago early Thursday morning.

Valle indicted in fatal crash

MARKHAM | Lynwood Village Clerk Roel "Roy" Valle has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a car crash on Ill. 394 that left a woman dead and others, including himself, injured.

$250,000 bond ordered for Lynwood clerk

MARKHAM | Bond has been set for Lynwood Village Clerk Roel "Roy" Valle in connection with the Feb. 4 crash on Ill. 394 that killed a Chicago woman.

Lynwood clerk charged with reckless homicide

Illinois State Police investigators have charged Lynwood Village Clerk Roel "Roy" Valle in connection with the Feb. 4 fatal crash on Ill. 394 that killed a Chicago woman.

Meeting to focus on proposed firing range site

CHICAGO | A public meeting will be held today to discuss a land deal that would allow the Chicago Police Department to build a firearms shooting range on the Southeast Side.

Accident cleared from outbound Bishop Ford at 159th

A semi versus car accident that jammed the outbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway at 159th Street just after 7 a.m. was cleared from the roadway by 8 a.m., police said.