Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people affected by the southern California wildfires. The ...

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.

In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

From the wildfires raging in Southern California to devastating floods on the eastern seaboard, the impact of those disasters ...

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end ...

As flames continue to linger across Los Angeles, Bloomington-Normal residents reflect on the ongoing destruction while others ...

A Republican state senator says migrant sanctuary policies enacted by Illinois Democrats are "getting people killed." ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - In 2024, almost 4,000 homes, condos and townhouses were sold in Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties marking an increase from 2023 and a noteworthy year for the Rockford housing ...

Arellano, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 17, in a federal court in Chicago after he pleaded guilty last year to a federal drug charge.

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, LaDonna Prince decided to move her abortion clinic from Indiana, where abortion became ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

As California smolders in the wake of devastating wildfires that burned 12,000 homes and left billions of dollars in damage, insurance rates are set for another double-digit rise 2,000 miles away in ...