CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday is Earth Day. The first observance was April 22, 1970. It was meant to raise awareness of our planet ...

The Chicago area is at a 5% risk for tornadoes on Wednesday, ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Cheryl Scott said. Cool and damp weather is ... storms left five people dead in Indiana and ...

A large teen gathering promoted on social media did not materialize Friday night in Millennium Park, but police and community groups remain on alert to deal with so-called "teen takeovers" as warmer ...

Northwest Indiana saw the worst of Sunday's storms as they tracked northeast at 50-60 mph in the afternoon hours, ABC7 ... of the Chicago area was under a Level 2 risk for severe weather Sunday ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the state's entire GOP congressional delegation are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider after the Federal Emergency Management denied the state's ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank helps provide 250,000 meals to its neighbors each day. One way it works to reduce food waste ...

There is a growing call to patronize businesses in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. While there may be fear of ICE ...

Greenstone United Methodist Church has fallen on hard times. Neighbors are now doing their part to help the church that they ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some parts of the Chicago area are still drying out Thursday following severe weather that caused flooding ... On the heels of his campaign win, ABC7 has been reaching out to ...

Since mid-2024, a series of geomagnetic storms has made the auroras visible much farther south than usual, even as far as northern Florida. According to NASA, this is due to the sun reaching its ...

Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, including 42 million Spanish speakers, according to 2019 Census data. Not being able to read urgent weather alerts ...

CHICAGO -- Relentless ... Since Wednesday, at least 23 people have died amid the outbreak of severe weather, including a 9-year-old boy in Kentucky who was swept away by floodwaters as he walked ...