Chicago faces poor air quality and sweltering heat today and tomorrow, followed by scattered storms heading into the weekend.

Northern California county warns of ‘thick, poisonous smoke,' declares emergency Rick Springfield Calls Out ‘Today Show' ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.

Illinois was one of 24 states offering assistance as 101 people remain missing and at least 132 people died, according to ...

An Air Quality Alert remains in effect until midnight Tuesday night for several Chicago-area counties. Here's what to know.

Abe Scarr, Director of Illinois PIRG & the Illinois PIRG Education Fund, joins Lisa Dent to discuss State Farm raising ...

State Farm is raising homeowners insurance rates in Illinois by a whopping 27.2% beginning Aug. 15, according to a filing ...

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

Programs that provide summer and after-school programming to more than 1 million students are at risk because of a Trump administration freeze on education grants.

State Farm says in 13 of the last 15 years, it paid out more than budgeted to cover damage from severe weather events in ...

Heat is the number one weather related killer,” Dr. Sheetal Rao says. “This is preventable and that with education and appropriate response people can be saved.” ...