Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than ...

Chicago faces poor air quality and sweltering heat today and tomorrow, followed by scattered storms heading into the weekend.

Northern California county warns of ‘thick, poisonous smoke,' declares emergency Rick Springfield Calls Out ‘Today Show' ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.

An Air Quality Alert remains in effect until midnight Tuesday night for several Chicago-area counties. Here's what to know.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Pollution Action Day for Tuesday, July 15. Here's what to know ...

State Farm is raising homeowners insurance rates in Illinois by a whopping 27.2% beginning Aug. 15, according to a filing ...

After trudging through a turbulent start to the season, the Fever are finally operating with a full roster. Superstar Caitlin Clark’s return—after missing nearl ...

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

PAWS Chicago is set to take in animals impacted by devastating flooding in Texas, the organization said this week.

Heat is the number one weather related killer,” Dr. Sheetal Rao says. “This is preventable and that with education and appropriate response people can be saved.” ...