A weather front that brought heavy downpours and hail to Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma on Saturday was growing more ...

Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in ...

ALTON The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that intermittent lane closures on Illinois 140 at the ...

Leaving Birdland in the winter is a mixed blessing. Oh, it’s not that we don’t have winter where I’m going. In the mid-coastal state of China, where I’m headed, I’d say we have a “little winter.” ...

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.

Chicago police executed a search warrant at the wrong address more than six years ago that left social worker Anjanette Young handcuffed and naked in her home as she was getting ready for bed. An ...

Eight tornadoes struck Illinois and Indiana, causing damage but no fatalities; crews work on cleanup and power restoration.

Good afternoon, Chicago. The National Weather Service today confirmed that Wednesday’s severe weather led to eight tornadoes in the Chicago area. Three touched down in Gary, where power lines were ...

A deadly severe outbreak spawned at least one tornado in 14 states from March 14-16. Hardest hit were Arkansas, Alabama, ...

National Weather Service in Central Illinois has confirmed one tornado from the Severe Weather Outbreak on March 19, 2025.

The EF-1 tornado touched down to the northwest of Rardin in a rural part of Coles County. NWS said there was damage to an outbuilding and siding was torn off a house. The tornado was on the ground for ...