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More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to...
U.S.-flag shipping on the Great Lakes lost a total of 1,953 hours or 82 ship days due to inadequate icebreaking.
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project is urging swimming safety after a 17-year-old drowns in Lake Michigan in Waukegan.
Endowment supports students, faculty, water policy center and research vessels on the Great Lakes.
Great Lakes gas prices could jump this week as wholesale gasoline nears its spring peak, with bigger increases possible for diesel.
Snowmelt and heavy rains raise Great Lakes back to nearly their long-term average.
The steel used to build the vessel was produced by Cleveland-Cliffs, with contributions from local companies including Lincoln Electric and Sherwin-Williams.
Generally cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 72F. S winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 20 mph..
There is currently no relief in sight from the recent trend of wet, colder-than-normal weather, as the National Weather Service predicts more of the same for...
The Great Lakes are a summer vacation spot, but there’s also a threat that our state is trying to protect the lakes from. Those are invasive species.
The Great Lakes are a living system that reacts to whatever we do. Between shipping and tourism, the lakes generate billions of dollars for our economy.
SkipperBud’s, a MarineMax Company, Selected to Operate North Point Marina – the Largest Marina on the Great Lakes
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The Barrington Township Republican Organization planned “a very private dinner” Thursday benefitting GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey. But Illinoi...
A Waukegan alderperson is facing criminal charges after authorities say she cast a mail-in ballot in her deceased mother's name during the 2026 Illinois prim...
Illinois State Police were investigating after one person was killed in a crash involving a semi on Interstate 94 in Gurnee, authorities said.
One person was killed in a crash on I-94 involving a semi truck in suburban Gurnee, Illinois, early Saturday morning.
A Gurnee crash on I-94 left one person dead and another injured south of Illinois Route 120. The semi crash left some lanes of I-94 shut down.
From Lake Michigan to the Chicago River to streams and creeks across the state, there are tiny bits of plastic in Illinois waterways, according to a new repo...
Derek Drake allegedly hit and killed David Paul in Round Lake Beach, IL. The case was dropped due to faulty Delta 9 THC test results from a UIC lab.
Teen boy dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Waukegan
A teen boy was hospitalized after being pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday, the Waukegan Fire Department said.
The beginning of yet another nesting season on the Illinois lakeshore marks another victory for the species as its population bounces back in the region.
A vehicle was found submerged in a Champaign lake Wednesday morning.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS) - The Champaign Fire Department responded to a vehicle submerged in Kaufman Lake, 2702 W Springfield Ave., Wednesday, May 6, at 8:12 a...
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An already deep starting rotation got even deeper last week when an Illinois native was promoted from low Class-A ball and joined the Quad Cities River Bandits
Where to take your bike on vacation in the homeland of the rails-to-trails movement
After a one-year hiatus, the suburban fireworks show once touted as the largest in Illinois will return this summer with a "slightly different feel."
Lawmakers in Springfield are working down to the wire on a variety of subjects, but the Chicago Bears’ stadium project is near the top of the list.
A proposed bill would allow Chicago to offer voluntary pension buyouts to current retirees and former employees with vested retirement benefits.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois is vowing changes in the office after the prosecution of the "Broadview Six" case fell apart.
A new report raises questions on a state megaprojects plan as lawmakers try to reach a deal to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois.
A man from suburban Chicago is facing a litany of charges in the Florida Keys after authorities said he drunkenly stole a police cruiser while visiting Key W...
A Chicago man has been charged after sexually abusing and restraining a 35-year-old woman on a bus near the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, accor...
Where are the Bears moving to? Potential Chicago Bears new stadium sites include locations in Arlington Heights, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias spoke out on Brandon "Mr. Finance" Ellington, accused of swindling people out of thousands of dollars.
The Bears said again they plan to leave Chicago as they continue to look at building a stadium in Arlington Heights, Illinois or Hammond, Indiana.
University of Chicago Medicine performed its first-known quadruple transplant surgery in Illinois on a woman with cystic fibrosis.
Illinois State Police say a Chicago man is facing felony DUI charges after a deadly chain-reaction crash Sunday on I-290 that killed a suburban man.
District 215 is named in a federal investigation of “sexual orientation and gender ideology” teachings affecting 36 Illinois districts.
A group of well-known Chicago-based journalists, voice actors and podcasters have filed lawsuits under Illinois' strict biometric data privacy law, accu...
Firefighters quickly extinguish 3 fires over 24 hours in Cicero, Illinois
Tiffany Henyard, the former mayor of Dolton, Illinois, is now seeking public office in metro Atlanta.
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Legislation being debated in Springfield aims to solve a potential housing shortage in Illinois, but what is it and what would it mean for homeowners?
After a one-year hiatus, the suburban fireworks show once touted as the largest in Illinois will return this summer with a "slightly different feel."
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced "sweeping reforms to internal grand jury practices and disclosures" for the Northern District of Illinois.
Northern Illinois reached the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 1972, while UIC is back for its seventh appearance — and first since Sean M...
Lawmakers are looking to put Illinois on the vanguard of regulations of artificial intelligence, with a series of bills aimed at the technology.
A proposed bill would allow Chicago to offer voluntary pension buyouts to current retirees and former employees with vested retirement benefits.
Illinois lawmakers advanced two long-debated measures to prevent insurance companies from raising auto and homeowners insurance rates without more stringent...
An Illinois man is behind bars after police say he allegedly shot a pregnant woman driving home from a prenatal appointment in a suspected road rage incident.
A Waukegan alderperson is facing criminal charges after authorities say she cast a mail-in ballot in her deceased mother's name during the 2026 Illinois prim...
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