Six Months Since Tornado Devastated Illinois Town
Residents in the central Illinois town of Washington are taking stock of how far they’ve come since a tornado devastated their community six months ago – and of how far they still have to go. The...
View ArticleNortheast Illinois City Receives $1.5M Flood Grant
The northeastern Illinois city of Kankakee is set to receive federal funds to begin flood protection and prevention efforts in its area. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced Tuesday that Kankakee will...
View ArticleIllinois Rideshare Bills Vetoed; Insurance Groups Urge Override
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation that would have imposed statewide regulations on commercial ridesharing companies, also known as transportation network companies (TNCs). Quinn said he...
View ArticleIllinois Governor: No Speed Increase on Interstates
Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation aimed at increasing the speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on interstate highways around Illinois. The Legislation was sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jim...
View ArticleIllinois, Indiana Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Hail Storm
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has declared several counties in Eastern Illinois and Western Indiana a disaster area after a spring hail storm ruined area strawberry crops. Gov. Pat Quinn announced...
View Article4 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appointed four new arbitrators to the Workers’ Compensation Commission: Maria Bocanegra is an attorney at Katz Friedman, specializing in workers’ compensation. She previously...
View ArticleIndustrial Loss Consultants, LLC and Lighthouse Consulting & Restoration...
Elk Grove Village, IL, January 24, 2017—Lighthouse Consulting & Restoration Services, Inc. (Lighthouse) and Industrial Loss Consultants, LLC, experts who provide assessment and analysis of damaged...
View ArticleFire Sweeps Illinois Recycling Center, Forces Evacuations
MADISON, Ill. — A fire swept through a recycling business in southwestern Illinois early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes, officials said. The fire began about 2 a.m. Wednesday at a...
View ArticleVehicles Hit Illinois Covered Bridge Twice After Reopening
LONG GROVE, Ill. — A covered bridge in northern Illinois has been damaged twice by vehicles within days of its reopening after a $1 million rebuild repaired severe damage a delivery truck inflicted in...
View ArticleFeds Inspected Illinois Chemical Plant Weeks Before Blast
A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by a federal agency less than a month before the blast sent debris raining...
View ArticleEvacuations Extended Near Northern Illinois Industrial Fire
MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Toxic fumes and smoke from a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois that officials had believed was long abandoned but actually contained massive amounts of lithium...
View ArticleElevated Metal Levels Found in Water Near Rockton’s Chemtool
ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — Officials have found elevated levels of harmful metals in groundwater monitoring wells at a Rockton Superfund toxic waste site. But the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleThunderstorms Cause Damage, Power Outages in Ill. and Wisc.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Strong thunderstorms caused widespread damage across Wisconsin, and left tens of thousands without power in both Wisconsin and Illinois. The severe weather stretched from the...
View ArticleSuspected Tornadoes Cause Damage in Missouri, Illinois
ST. MARY, Mo. (AP) — A suspected tornado damaged buildings and knocked out power in communities along the state line between Missouri and Illinois, and damage was reported in other parts of the states...
View ArticleAmazon Warehouse Collapse Has Illinois Looking at Building Codes
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday questioned whether building codes need updating to counter risks from an increasing number of severe storms as investigators parse through reasons for the...
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