LaSalle Canyon in Starved Rock State Park near Oglesby, Illinois, is the kind of place that makes you question whether you’re still in the Prairie State or if you’ve somehow teleported to some ...

A team of first responders from fire departments around Illinois, including Chicago, has arrived in Texas to help with search and recovery efforts after the state was hit by catastrophic floods last ...

East Peoria's Four Corners has retained its identity as a quaint, historic business district. But it has issues that need to be addressed.

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Southern Illinois farmers face a growing problem: What to do when nature reclaims your land 09:42 June 12, 2025 Chris Bentley ...

It's been roughly seven years since the Pueblo Levee Mural held a Guinness World Record. How close are local muralists to taking it back?

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

LANSING — The ongoing improvement project for the levee along the Little Calumet River in Lansing hit a slight snag.

After more than a decade of work and hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Bennington Levee has been certified as active by the Army Corps of Engineers. The one-time agricultural levee was ...

Back in Missouri, Mark and Rebecca Dugan took pictures atop the Birds Point levee of their farmland — 3,000 acres. This year's wheat was a bumper crop and ready for harvest.

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. — Repairs to the Victoria Island levee in San Joaquin County have been completed, the county's office of emergency services said on Tuesday.

Officials declared an emergency Wednesday afternoon in San Joaquin County over a potential levee failure.