The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

More than two dozen cars Monday morning were stranded on I-294 with flat tires and lanes were expected to be closed for hours ...

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

According to the Storm Prediction Center, the entire Chicago area Monday was at a marginal risk of severe weather, which ...