Kankakee River

In an effort to greatly expand the district charged with protecting the Kankakee River, a large percentage of county voters residing less than a mile from the river’s banks, will be asked to tax themselves. The citizen-initiated referendum, commonly called a back-door referendum, seeking approval for the tax — which would cost the owner of a $100,000 home an additional…

Flood Warnings were issued for numerous rivers in the Chicago area as a rainy Monday kicked off the start of what is expected to be a very wet week.

A judge says the father of two Indiana boys who drowned in a river can get mental health and drug treatment while in custody, rather than be released to participate in a drug treatment program.

The father of two Indiana boys who drowned in a river has pleaded not guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

A father is in custody after two young boys died as rescuers pulled them out of the Kankakee River in northwest Indiana Tuesday.

A father is in custody after two young boys died as rescuers pulled them out of the Kankakee River in northwest Indiana Tuesday. Sandra Torres reports. 

Authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation of Marseilles, Illinois, Wednesday morning over flooding concerns.

Shelters are open to assist people forced from their homes by flooding as rivers swollen by heavy rain and melting snow rise in Indiana, Michigan and other parts of the Midwest.

Another bout of frigid precipitation could pelt the Chicago area overnight and into Thursday morning that could result in a icy spots on roads causing slick driving conditions.

Here’s a look at how much rainfall parts of the Chicago area saw.

Authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation of Marseilles, Illinois, Wednesday morning over flooding concerns.

Rainfall battered the Chicago area overnight and into Wednesday morning, with flooding impacting the south suburbs in particular – shutting down roads, closing schools and even prompting emergency rescues.

A Winter Weather Advisory was issued for most of the Chicago area Tuesday evening.

Heavy rainfall hit the Chicago area overnight, snarling traffic and shutting down several roads across the region.

Heavy rainfall hit the Chicago area overnight, snarling road conditions ahead of the morning commute early Tuesday.

Two men have been charged with concealing the death of a 24-year-old Chicago woman whose body was discovered last month along the shore of the Kankakee River in northwest suburban Wilmington.

Authorities have identified a woman found dead last month near the Kankakee River in southwest suburban Wilmington as a 24-year-old who was reported missing from Chicago’s Northwest Side.

Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a body found in the Kankakee River on Saturday.

The Chicago area is set to see some storms Thursday, some of which could become strong to severe.