Julie Basset, a NIU graduate, is leading the effort to reopen the Lorado Taft campus, which was closed by the university in ...

Even when Mother Nature turns nasty, the weather extremes carry a sense of awesome beauty. About 60 scientists this spring ...

A team of scientists is driving into severe storms to study hail. It's one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers. Hail is rarely deadly, but it causes about $10 billion ...

Scientists in two hail-dimpled vehicles with special mesh protecting the windshields are driving straight into the heart of the storms, an area known as the “shaft” where the hail pelting is the most ...

Analysis: It wouldn't be the worst thing for the Bears to look around for a nearby school to house their training camps once ...

The line that everyone in prison is innocent — or at least claims to be — is often bandied about by law enforcement personnel. According to Marcus Beach, however, studies have found that about 3 ...

Clinton County experienced its first recorded tornado in 21 years last Tuesday. There were no injuries or deaths, though several structures sustained damage. The National Weather Service’s Burlington, ...

The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 ...

With extreme weather becoming more common due to the climate crisis, the past few years have seen some of the most ...

He won a Heisman, earned Pro Bowl nods and made it to Broadway. So why is Eddie George coaching in the Mid-American ...