In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

More National Weather Service preliminary data have been released, including more details on the path where 8 tornadoes touched down across Indiana Saturday morning.

And the Chicago area, which has long been ... Brookings created a heat map of U.S. counties, ranking their exposure. Not surprisingly, Santa Clara County, Calif. — the heart of Silicon Valley ...

In the last five years, voters in 33 Illinois counties have been asked if they want to consider separating from Chicago's Cook County to form ... dominate Chicago-area legislative districts ...

A fast-moving snowfall struck the Chicago area on Sunday, with several inches of accumulation just days after summery ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

As strong winds and possible severe storms move through the Chicago area Friday and Saturday, residents may experience power ...

Severe storms located along a line from Hanover to Castleton are moving northeast at 40 miles per hour. The line of strong ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornado touchdowns occurred in the Chicago area during a severe weather outbreak Friday.