Grab your coziest gloves and bundle up with a good scarf, because winter in Illinois is no joke. In January of 2019, a new ...

Ten seconds. Count it: One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Ten seconds was roughly how long it lasted. Nobody had a stopwatch, nothing can be proven definitively, but that’s the ...

UTICA, Ill. (WLS) -- Two large barges have become stuck at the Starved Rock Lock and Dam in Utica, officials say. The Utica Fire Protection District said that it appears the barges broke free due to ...

UTICA, Ill. (WLS) -- Utica fire officials said firefighters are battling a massive blaze encompassing multiple buildings at Grand Bear Resort at Starved Rock. The Utica Fire Department said they ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Flooding has triggered evacuations of homes along the Illinois River in Utica, near Starved Rock State Park. The Utica Fire Department began helping people move to dry and safe places ...

UTICA, Ill. --Multiple fire departments responded Tuesday to a blaze at a northern Illinois resort near Starved Rock State Park early Tuesday. Utica Fire Chief Ben Brown said an alarm sounded at ...

One of the benefits of living in Illinois is that we truly get to experience four distinct seasons. The shortest one, fall, offers the most striking views of our state’s incredible natural environment ...

And because Utica is a small town, because everybody knows everybody, they knew who they were: Jay Vezain and Carol Schultheis, two local folks who’d been having a drink in Milestone just before the ...