The rock and roll museum on Route 66, which was damaged by a tornado last year, will also honor its 2024 class including Richard Marx and the Smashing Pumpkins.

The Plainfield tornado touched down on Aug. 28, 1990, and remains the only F-5 tornado ever recorded in the state of Illinois. Even more staggering, it remains the strongest August tornado on record ...

The weather forecast for Will County called for thunderstorms on Aug. 28, 1990. No advanced tornado warnings or watches were issued. Then, an F5 twister tore into parts of Oswego, Crest Hill, Joliet ...

2008: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president and became the first Black presidential nominee from a major political party.

It started out as a string of strong Iowa tornadoes, then it whipped through northern Illinois late at night as what is still ...

Illinois enacted a new law requiring warehouses to implement tornado safety plans and meet updated shelter and inspection ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said it was working with Illinois' governor and Cook County, home to Chicago, in “evaluating ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has issued a disaster proclamation following severe weather that hit the Chicago area in late ...

Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon, evening, and late night — prompting tornado and flash flood warnings, and causing flight and commuter train delays, power outages, ...

From the flooded basements on the city’s southwest side to a flooded riverwalk in Naperville, thousands across Chicago and ...

7:45 P.M. - Significant flash flooding possible in North Central LaSalle. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 10:45 p.m. Thunderstorms are producing rain rates of 2" per hour. This area has ...

Strong storms are bringing heavy rain and flash flooding, along with damaging winds, to the Chicago area on Monday.