The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.

While armadillos are not native to Illinois, they’ve slowly established themselves in southern parts of the state over the ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank is kicking off its annual “Free Summer Meals for Kids” program. It comes in partnership with ...

Genealogical groups from Lake and McHenry counties are among several throughout the region attending the Northern Illinois Genealogical Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at ...

The summer food program provides children under 18 with a free breakfast and lunch while they are out of school.

The 2008 Food and Nutrition Act allowed the secretary of Agriculture to grant waivers for states or counties with high unemployment rates. For years, all SNAP recipients in Illinois have been exempt ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank is offering free daily summer meals to children and teens in the Rockford region, providing 7,500 meals across 145 sites in 13 counties to help fill the gap in ...

A black bear has been spotted multiple times in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties, and the Illinois Department of Natural ...

A day after the Rockford area got hit with heavy rain, more storms are predicted, and a flood watch has been issued for much ...

Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their measles outbreaks are over. The U.S. added 21 new cases since July 9. States with active outbreaks include Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, ...

A round of storms brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to northern Central Illinois, with damaging wind gusts locally over 60 mph and the possibility of flooding, and another round of storms is ...

It's summer in the city, backs of Chicagoans' necks are getting dirty and gritty, and what better remedy is there than a dip in Lake Michigan at a local beach?But at some Lake Michigan beaches in Cook ...