An apartment fire put Willie Taylor out of his home two years ago on Springfield's east side and threw his life into chaos. A ...

Rescuers pulled a young person out of Lake Michigan Wednesday during an emergency response at Evanston's Lighthouse Beach, fire officials said.

Uganda says it has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors.

A dangerous heat wave has descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with triple-digit temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires. Officials opened cooling centers this ...

A teen was rescued from Lake Michigan in Evanston Wednesday evening. According to the Evanston Fire Department, the teen was pulled out of the water just before 9 p.m. at Lighthouse Beach, the ...

In addition to fire safety, RAs attended a session on leadership and social change. Jennifer Borrero from Campuspeak, founder ...

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than ...

Doc's Diner in Loves Park, Illinois caught fire on August 20 due to a ventilation system being serviced, prompting firefighters to extinguish the blaze on the roof.

The last of four people charged in the brutal 2018 killing of a West Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday, bringing the case to a close seven years later.

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a legal claim against the city, alleging that her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass was followed by a smear campaign. Crowley claims the mayor led ...