Town of Wolf River, Wis. (WSAW) - A 14-year-old boy from the Chicago area drowned in Sawyer Lake in the town of Wolf River Friday afternoon.

The blistering heat and high humidity will continue into this week in Illinois, with heat advisories issued throughout the state. Here's the forecast.

The body of a 14-year-old Milwaukee boy who went missing in Lake Michigan at Illinois Beach State Park on Tuesday was found.

The Justice Department had sued the leaders of Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.

Max Herendeen has had a remarkable two-year run at Illinois, and on Thursday the Illini golfer will make his PGA Tour debut at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, at the 3M Open.

Boat catches fire in the middle of Fox Lake A boat was left charred after catching fire in the middle of Fox Lake in Northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon.

The Lake Michigan search for a missing teen near IL Beach State Park is a recovery effort after the boy was knocked into the water, a witness said.

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — First responders found the body of a missing boater in Lake Shelbyville Saturday morning. Police identified the missing boater as Billy Briscoe of Hidalgo, Illinois.

An angler caught a 39-year-old lake trout while fishing near Sheboygan on Lake Michigan. The fish is the oldest in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mass marking program.

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Illinois politicians have for decades doled out pension benefits to public unions far faster than taxpayers and the state’s economy could ever afford. Fitch puts Illinois’s state-level pension ...