Residents can also vote early in person at the County Clerk’s Office from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. up until Feb. 24 Monday through ...

A wildfire at Bobolink Meadow, part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County’s Bartel Grasslands complex near Tinley Park, ...

Investigators said the fire Monday night was started by a person, but it was not clear if the fire was intentional or an ...

The combination of strong winds, dry conditions, and warm temperatures increases the risk of wildfires, particularly in ...

A two-alarm fire occurred in a Cook County forest preserve, starting after 6 p.m. The fire is 100% contained, though the ...

The Lift NOW emergency shelter was assembled last week — just in time for last weekend's dangerously cold temperatures.

The number of copper thefts in the Quad Cities has skyrocketed over the past few years, impacting everything from farms to ...

Police are reportedly focusing on a possible human cause in early investigations into what caused the deadly Palisades fire in Los Angeles. Several law enforcement sources told Sky's US partner ...

As if that was not enough, residents are being primed for another round of dangerous fire weather forecasted ... who is originally from Geneseo, is an Illinois State University alumna and former ...

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades ...

more than double the urban acreage consumed by the region’s Woolsey Fire in 2018, according to the AP’s analysis of data from the Silvis Lab at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.