The city is building the levee both to accommodate FEMA and to relieve downtown property owners of the burden of flood insurance coverage. Joliet officials have contended that FEMA has imposed a ...

Work on the Illinois Route 2 bridge over the Rock River in Rockton is on schedule to be complete by June 2026, according to ...

Bruce Walla, 55, of Huntley, Illinois, was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay fines and restitution. The African American Resource Center at Booker (AARC) will once again hold the youth program ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is encouraging everyone in ...

A 'village where time stood still' sits just on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river and offers plenty of historical ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on nominating the Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year ...

A ruling in a 20-year-old lawsuit could have far-reaching environmental consequences for the river and surrounding region.

Towboats near Alton face delays as the main lock closes for repairs, forcing them to use a smaller lock until March 31, 2025.

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

A downstate Champaign elected official’s use of an antisemitic symbol on his personal Facebook page has drawn condemnation from his colleagues.

Days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it had begun “enhanced targeted operations” in the Chicago area ...

“Alton, Illinois, the hometown of jazz musician Miles Davis, is located where Route 66 meets the Great River Road. This ...