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CHICAGO – The annual Chicago River Cleanup event was held Saturday morning and this year’s event attracted the most volunteers ever. Volunteers gave just a few hours of their time for a ...

Hundreds of volunteers donated their time to clean up the Kalamazoo River on Saturday ... County teen missing for over a week found safe in Chicago, sheriff says Last year's event saw roughly ...

The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp, but first it has to deal with the legacy of pollution at the ...

Advocates for heavy industry say if the proposal puts more obstacles in the way of new industrial businesses getting started, it could squelch much-needed job creation.

Here’s how developer Jim Letchinger and private equity firm Kayne Anderson are capitalizing on a broken Chicago ...

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in the Des Plaines River near Joliet. The move ...

Senator Erica Harriss, reflecting on her third budget season at the statehouse, said the process remains rushed and opaque.

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the Great Lakes. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ...

Freshman Emory Whisner struck out 11 and Licking Valley's small ball led to big things in a 4-2 Division IV victory at ...

Nearly 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Baltimore's Inner Harbor, prompting concerns about long-term environmental impacts.