More: Looking forward to warmer days? Here's your ultimate OKC summer bucket list Winding through northeast Oklahoma is the Illinois River, a popular float destination northeast of Tahlequah.

As thousands prepare to visit Grand Lake, Lake Hudson, and the Illinois River, GRDA Police offer essential boating and floating reminders to prevent accidents.

County Emergency Manager Mike Underwood said they have a plan for if the Illinois River and parts of the county flood. Eric Stephens is one of the float guides at the War Eagle Resort in Tahlequah.

A dangerous flooding setup is taking shape across the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma over the ... central Texas to central Illinois and southwestern Indiana.

NEAR TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma -- It's been a deadly few weeks on the Illinois River. In all of last year, there was only one drowning on the Illinois River. This year, there have already been four ...