A building used for an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, was damaged and four people were killed after a car barreled through it on April 28, 2025. Erin Hooley/AP.

Chatham is a community of about 15,000 people outside of the Illinois capital of Springfield. Those killed were Rylee Britton, 18, of Springfield, Ainsley Johnson, 8, Kathryn Corley, 7, and Alma ...

Four people, all of them children or teenagers, were killed, and several others were injured on Monday when a car crashed through an after-school center in Chatham, Ill., a village just south of ...

Illinois State Police update on Chatham, Illinois crash that killed 4 19:01. Troopers were called to YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp on Monday around 3:20 p.m. when a car left the road ...

Vigil held for girls killed when car hit after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois 02:39. The driver and victims in a crash that killed three children and one teenager at an after-school program in ...

A car’s crash into an after-school program building in central Illinois this week – a wreck that killed four people ages 7 to 18 and injured six other children – does not appear to have been ...

Tuesday morning, state police identified the driver as 44-year-old Marianne Akers of Chatham, Illinois. State police said she is not currently in custody as their investigation into the crash ...

According to Illinois State Police, the incident began at 3:20 p.m. Monday when a vehicle in Chatham "left the road for unknown reasons." The car then traveled through a field and crashed into the ...

The Chatham Police Department has issued a unique warning to residents regarding coyote sightings during the spring and early ...

Marianne Akers' black Jeep rammed straight through the YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp in Chatham, Illinois, about 3.20pm on Monday. Kathryn Corley and Alma Buhnerkempe, both seven ...

Ella Orsi, 7, was at the YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp in Chatham, Illinois , when a Jeep smashed through the wall about 3.20pm on Monday.