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6-Year-Old Driving ATV Without Helmet While Visiting His Dad Dies After Crashing Into Tree
Tragedy struck a Texas family while visiting family in Illinois during spring break. Jason Alvarado, 6, reportedly died following an ATV crash on March 15, 2025, in Joliet . Jason was driving a REX110 ATV along with an 8-year-old passenger. The child lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. Crews rushed him to an area hospital where he later died of his injuries . His 8-year-old passenger survived. Jason’s grandmother, Lucero Quezada, told WGN that the accident and subsequent loss of her grandson has broken her heart. “I’m very sad . I can’t believe he is not...
Iowa Capital Dispatch
Guatemalan workers sue Iowa egg company, alleging human trafficking
Six Guatemalan nationals who worked for Iowa industrial egg supplier Centrum Valley Farms are suing the company alleging human trafficking and claiming they and other immigrant workers were denied overtime pay and threatened with deportation in retaliation for their complaints. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa by […]
WGN Radio
National Guard members killed in cartel ambush
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Five soldiers are dead and two injured by gunfire following a series of attacks by armed civilians late Sunday along the Jalisco-Michoacan border in western Mexico. Hijacking of vehicles that were set on fire along highways preceded the attacks. Local news reports attribute the violence to members of the […]
KWQC
EXPLAINED: Raining dirt and mud
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Many of our viewers have reached out asking why their cars are covered in dirt and mud. So, we asked our TV 6 First Alert Weather Team to explain. They said, strong winds picked up dirt during a storm in Texas and Oklahoma and sent it our way. When the rain started to fall, dirt fell along with it, covering cars and everything else that got in the way.