A total of 24 tornadoes were recorded. Based on new data, the weather service last week upgraded one that tracked through the Elkhorn, Bennington and Blair areas to an EF4, the first such twister ...

So, it's no surprise there are a lot of Illinois folks already in Washington D.C. or on their way there ahead of Inauguration Day. Pastor Corey Brooks delivered his Sunday sermon at New Beginnings ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WSIL) -- 140 members with the Illinois National Guard were deployed to Washington D.C. to help with security with the Presidential Inauguration on January 20. Of the 140 members ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington D.C. Airmen with the ...

URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois system announced a new policy that guarantees admission for Illinois natives at other schools if they want to transfer. The policy takes effect for the ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

That’s what Kathleen Flynn in Missouri discovered when her family lost their car in an EF4 tornado that also took their newly remodeled house. “We made a split-second decision to go into our ...

PDS warnings were first used to warn of tornado outbreaks in the Midwest. More than a decade ago, three meteorologists proposed expanding their use to disasters such as ice storms, floods ...

Illinois Fighting Illini (12-4, 4-2 Big Ten) at Indiana Hoosiers (13-4, 4-2 Big Ten) Bloomington, Indiana; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Illinois visits Indiana aiming to extend its ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

Attention Illinois residents: You can now officially cast your vote for a new state flag. The voting opened Friday and follows SB1818, which created an Illinois Flag Commission to "gauge public ...