Officials from Illinois as well as Ohio, Missouri and Indiana have signed on to a development agreement that would use $5 million in federal funding to build the nation's first interstate, truck-only highway lanes along Interstate 70, the Associated Press reports. more ›

A truck hauling 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos crashed on I-80 early this morning, spilling plastic sleeves of cookies all over the highway. The truck's driver fell asleep, according to police, and crashed into a median near Morris, about 50 miles southwest of here. Sayeth the AP, "No charges have been filed but both lanes of traffic remain closed while authorities remove the cookies." more ›