From a kid with a Chinook salmon that looks as big as him to smallmouth bass up and down the Chicago lakefront, spring is a ...

Thanks to unseasonably low water levels, islands of silt, rock and sand — and even an abandoned car — have emerged in the Fox ...

Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running ...

A USF St. Pete english professor collaborated with local creatives to launch an interactive map sharing the stories of our ...

The land was given to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, only to be sold out from under them. Now, Gov. JB Pritzker has ...

The United States is home to a whopping three million lakes. So chances are pretty high that you’re no more than a full tank ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey is studying and tracking smallmouth bass movements on southern Lake Michigan and in the ...

A Lake County, Illinois K-9 officer will be honored for his ultimate sacrifice during National Police Week in May. K-9 Office Dax died in April 2024 just days after his retirement in March 2024.

Charges have been filed against an alleged gunman who shot and seriously wounded his girlfriend’s brother during an argument at a gas station in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department responded ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A pedestrian was struck and killed on DuSable Lake Shore Drive Monday morning ... LIVE TRAFFIC: Check out conditions on our live traffic map The 72-year-old man was pronounced ...

Steve Beltran, who retired last year after many years as an Illinois CPO, offers advice for hunters who encounter an officer. (Photo courtesy of DNR) After 25 years in law enforcement, people often ...