Officials are hoping their safety plan will help prevent crime over Memorial Day weekend, which is typically violent in the ...

Perma-Seal Basement Systems’ Chief Operating Officer Joel Spencer discusses leveling municipal sidewalks, preparing for storms, and ...

According to the National Weather Service, the last time a dust storm affected Chicago was on May 31, 1985. Newspaper accounts noted the visibility in downtown Chicago got down to four miles.

A cooler-than-average Memorial Day weekend is on tap for the Chicago area, but dry conditions and plenty of sunshine should ...

A deadly severe weather outbreak spawned at least one tornado in 22 states from May 15-21. Among the hardest-hit states were ...

Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why 2025 may be worse than normal.

The answer is that it depends on where one is — the policy and plan are different in Chicago than they are in Naperville, for ...

The sirens in St. Louis were not activated ahead of a tornado last week. Sabrina Franza wanted to know about tornado siren ...

The 2025 tornado season in the United States is the most active in over a decade, with more preliminary tornado reports by ...

Reforms pushed by the General Assembly last year failed to advance to the governor’s desk despite nearly unanimous support ...

Some powerful storms hit Central Illinois late Tuesday afternoon. Heavy rain and even hail pelted the town of Paxton, ...

WGN agri-business broadcaster Max Armstrong joins Lisa Dent to talk about the dust storm that hit Chicago last week.