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Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for Chicago area, as storms possible Wednesday
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Lake, ...
Severe Weather Timeline: Tracking evening storms in Chicagoland
The National Weather service around midday issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the area ahead of a round of potentially severe weather on Wednesday night.
Gulf Coast braces for flooding as storm system builds into possible tropical depression
The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance of becoming a tropical depression as it moves toward the northern Gulf Coast, according to the ...
Severe storms in Chicago leave downed trees, power outages, airport ground stops in their wake
A line of afternoon severe storms could cause wind damage and possibly produce tornadoes in the Chicago area Wednesday. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Porter County, Indiana until 5:15 ...
La Grange OKs contract with firefighters, lauds 25-year worker upon retirement
The La Grange Village Board approved a new contract for firefighters and said goodbye to anemployee who retired after 25 ...
A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska’s southern coast after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was ...
See inside Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in Illinois
The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark status for both the home and the abandoned St. Mary’s of ...