Amidst one of the nation's historic floods, one of the most frenetic evacuations happened on a small island frequently ...

A marker on the flooded road from Kaskaskia, Illinois, to St. Mary, Missouri, on July 1, 2019. Water has covered La Grande Rue, the main road into and out of town, for weeks.

The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.

Plan on using GPS to get to Kaskaskia, Illinois’ first capital. The way the crow flies, it’s just 6 miles from Chester, the county seat. But by road, the distance is 18 miles — and the trip ...

Lyons explained that Kaskaskia began as one building — in 1703, the Jesuits built a chapel. Not long after, a small population of native peoples and 12 French settlers called the place home.

The map of Randolph County, Illinois before an 1881 flood that cut Kaskaskia off from the Illinois mainland. Today, Kaskaskia is one of two Illinois towns located west of the Mississippi River.

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KASKASKIA, Ill. — This tiny island town has its quirky distinctions. It’s a 300-year-old French settlement that became the state’s first capital. A banished lover’s curse may be triggering ...