Officials said initial demolition and cleanup of the former Tinley Park Mental Health Center should be completed by the end ...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is in Peterborough this week, collecting environmental samples near the BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada facility on Monaghan Road. Madeleine McColl has more on the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—To meet with state lawmakers here, Michael Churchill, 24, left his home south of Chicago at 3 a.m. Wednesday, took a rideshare to a commuter rail station and switched to the L train ...

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Congressman Christian Menefee demands answers from the EPA over delays in the Fifth Ward contamination investigation and calls for transparency on health risks.

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MOULTRIE COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois EPA has obtained samples of Mattoon’s water containing a harmful algae bloom, and the results will be provided Saturday afternoon. In an updated press ...

A major U.S. electric grid operator for the Midwest issued an ‌emergency energy alert on Wednesday after power plant outages, sweltering temperatures and heavy air-conditioning demand strained the ...