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At least 2 tornadoes touch down in Clinton County, destroying homes and local businesses
CARLYLE, Ill — Several areas across our region were hit hard by everything from hail to strong winds to flooding. One of the hardest hit areas from Sunday night's storms was Clinton County in the Metro East, specifically in New Baden and Carlyle, Illinois. Two EF1 tornadoes were confirmed...
Collinsville Memorial Day fireworks rescheduled due to weather
The Collinsville Memorial Day fireworks display scheduled for tonight is canceled due to the weather. The fireworks will now take place on the night of Monday, May 27th. Unfortunately, the rest of the Fireworks Festival is canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and dozens of other communities urged to double down on coal
As President Joe Biden pushes to accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy, three Chicago suburbs and more than two dozen other Illinois communities are mulling plans to double down on lung-damaging, climate-changing coal. Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and 29 downstate municipalities are investors in the Prairie State Generating Station, a massive coal-fired power plant in ...
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