The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

While the great cicada emergence of 2024 brought a historic convergence of cicada broods, what will happen in 2025?

If you've come to Chicago for the pizza, head south of the West Loop to Little Italy. Also known as University Village because of its proximity to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable at 9 mph (14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 50 °F (10 °C). Winds variable at 8 to 10 mph (12.9 to 16.1 kph ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 7 to 10 mph (11.3 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds from SE to SSE at 11 to 21 mph (17.7 to ...

High winds ripped off the roof a historic 100-year-old church in Elgin overnight. The original church was destroyed by a deadly tornado in 1920.

Severe winds and storms overnight left a trail of damage across the Chicago area and in parts of Illinois. The far west suburbs followed tornado warnings in Dupage, Kendall, Kane, and Dekalb counties.