According to the National Weather Service, the last time a dust storm affected Chicago was on May 31, 1985. Newspaper accounts noted the visibility in downtown Chicago got down to four miles.

The United States has had more reported tornadoes this year than normal -- more than 960 as of Thursday, according to the ...

A deadly severe weather outbreak spawned at least one tornado in 22 states from May 15-21. Among the hardest-hit states were ...

Unseasonably cool weather sticks around Central Illinois through the Memorial Day weekend. Scattered showers will put an ...

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...

There have been more than 2,000 reports to the Storm Prediction Center of damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes since last Wednesday and more than two dozen states have reported some sort of storm ...

Severe storms hit Missouri, causing tornadoes, hail, and wind damage. NWS confirms three tornadoes in eastern MO. No fatalities or injuries reported.

A few paths of damage from severe storms on May 20 throughout central Illinois have been identified by the National Weather Service.

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...