Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

The Joliet City Council approved spending $115,000 to buy two of seven parcels needed for the levee to be built along the ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

The city is building the levee both to accommodate FEMA and to relieve downtown property owners of the burden of flood insurance coverage. Joliet officials have contended that FEMA has imposed a ...

Hey Nonny Blues Week: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Feb. 4-8, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. The ...

In recent years, the Chicago River itself has undergone a renaissance, from a lifeless industrial waterway into a vibrant ...

A fourth Taqueria Invicto restaurant has opened in the suburbs, this time in Des Plaines. The latest entry in the Mexican-style chain is at 2851 Mannheim Road, just north of the Jane Addams ...

ESFLOTFavorable conditions for river ice development and possible ice jamsare expected tonight through early next week, impacting theRock, Fox, Des Plaines, and Kankakee river basins.Bitterly cold ...

The east bound lanes of West Jefferson Street in Joliet between North Des Plaines and North Joliet streets will be closed for repairs. The closure will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday and lanes are expected ...

Paul H. Saletnik, 74, a member of the Des Plaines Planning & Zoning Board and a leading advocate for saving the downtown Des Plaines Theater from demolition, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon ...