The Southeast Side is expected to eventually get a new green space after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleans up the site ...

Controlling the source of the so-called forever chemicals can make the clean-up process more sustainable, according to a new ...

Roughly 4,800 people participated in the 25th annual Polar Plunge benefitting Special Children's Charities and Special ...

A teenage girl who went missing from Wisconsin and authorities said was possibly in the Waukegan or Chicago area has been ...

After yearslong litigation from residents and activists, and following recent opposition from the state of Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday it was dropping a plan to expand ...

Thousands of fearless people jumped into Lake Michigan on Sunday to help raise money for Special Olympics athletes.

The proposed expansion along the shoreline would have taken in an additional 1 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment ...

This year’s Polar Plunge Chicago raised more than a million dollars for charity and saw thousands of people brave the frigid ...

The dump — known as a confined disposal facility — was constructed in 1984 to store polluted sediment dredged from the ...

The NWS issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook in Illinois, predicting severe thunderstorms, strong gusts and high temperatures later this week.

An unusually strong area of low pressure is forecasted to quickly intensify across the Great Plains Friday, leading to a threat of severe weather in the Chicago area.

Thousands of brave people will embrace the frigid winter waters of Lake Michigan by jumping in Sunday for the 25th Polar Plunge Chicago. About 5,000 people are expected to take the ...