Smoke from Canadian wildfires have continued to drift over the Midwest, blanketing the region with haze and poor air quality, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) and local departments to ...

Forward progress was stopped on a fire that threatened an apartment building and resulted in an evacuation warning in Rancho Bernardo on Friday, officials said.

Former President Joe Biden called on attorneys to lead the fight to uphold the Constitution during the Trump administration in a speech at a downtown Chicago hotel on ...

Every air quality monitor in Minnesota is reporting red or unhealthy conditions for everyone, an official said.

The smoke is expected to remain over the northern and central Plains of the United States for the next couple of days, ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great ...

A 2023 analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that the Great Lakes states have enough offshore wind power potential to provide three times as much electricity as all eight Great ...

Teresa Coleman's body was found March 13, 2024, along the I-55 southbound ramp from Stevenson Drive in Springfield.

Floating about 500 feet offshore of Illinois Beach State Park, Hillary Glandon tightened her scuba goggles, grabbed a small ...

The National Weather Service sent out millions of extreme heat warnings, heat watches and heat advisory alerts early Monday ...

Judges will decide whether or not to permanently appoint Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros. He has marked 100 days in office.

An air quality alert was in effect for the Chicago area and northwest Indiana Tuesday as poor air quality from unhealthy, elevated ozone and lingering wildfire smoke continues. According to the ...