Environment
Senators from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are calling for a meeting to discuss the repeated pauses of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project.
The weather also disrupted flights in and out of Chicago’s airports.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District would like to sell recycled sewer water to big data centers that support artificial intelligence. Revenue could be millions of dollars a year.
About seven-tenths of a inch fell at O’Hare, and Midway saw 1.6 inches of rain.
Plan to move Sox out of Bridgeport and Amtrak in panned by elected officials, neighborhood residents
Ald. Nicole Lee (11th) says the 35-year-old Rate Field, where the White Sox play now, has “life left” in it even if the area around it could be spruced up.
Another heat wave adds to extreme weather pummeling the Chicago area this summer.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory until 10 p.m. Friday.
The warning was canceled for central and northern Cook County around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, well before it scheduled to expire at 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The hailstone — measuring 6.6 inches in diameter and weighing 1.2 pounds — dropped into a Kankakee backyard during the March storms that tore through the area. The record-setting hailstone and unprecedented tornado count has made 2026 a banner year for severe weather in Illinois.
Local, state and federal representatives have begun preliminary assessments to gather information to support a request for relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus pose a serious public health threat. Here’s a rundown of repellents that work and steps to take to avoid backyard bites.
The Republican leader says a state investigation will look into preparedness of local utility NIPSCO.
Chicago itself will likely be spared the hottest heat index of nearly 105 degrees, which is expected to hit the south suburbs on Tuesday and Wednesday.
