Jessica and Kelli Uhl Memorial Highway

Matt Mitchell, a former Illinois State Trooper who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter of two Metro East sisters in 2007, abandoned his efforts to have a hearing into the restoration of his driving privileges — for now.

Matt Mitchell, the former Illinois trooper who killed Jessica and Kelli Uhl in a 2007 high-speed crash near O'Fallon, is yet again seeking a reinstatement of his driving privileges.

It’s not unusual to see people driving who are talking on the phone, texting, eating or putting on makeup.Multiple studies show that such activity is as…

A four-mile stretch of Interstate 64 between Mascoutah and O’Fallon, Ill., was renamed the Jessica and Kelli Uhl Memorial Highway this morning.Jessica and…

View Interstate 64 in a larger mapIn 2007, Jessica, 18, and Kelli, 13, Uhl, formerly of Collinsville, Ill. were killed when their vehicle was struck by an…