Editor’s note: Molly Parker is a southern Illinois-based journalist and instructor at Southern Illinois University at ...

On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and ... The ruins of the town of West Frankfort, Illinois, in the wake of the Great Tri-State Tornado ...

A volatile weather system is poised to unleash severe thunderstorms across the central United States on Sunday, with the ...

Anson Fenton, who led the Wayne City, Illinois police, used seized vehicles for personal gain and could face up to 10 years ...

Louisiana's Northshore is just 40 minutes from New Orleans and is full of bayou charm. Here are the best things to do, see, ...

Violent storms have cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, ...

From an artsy outpost in Arizona to a South Carolina city with roots going back to the 1500s, the best places to live are ...

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they ...

Forecasters say the potent system raises the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of the U.S. starting Wednesday.

Do you know which township you live in? Many people don’t. But Illinois has 1,426 of them, so it’s worth paying attention to what they do. Bob Anderson is. The former McHenry Township ...