Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved...
Articles by Jim Suhr
An Illinois judge has refused to reopen a class-action lawsuit that produced a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris,...
The nation’s worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains...
The nation’s most withering drought in decades only got worse in several key farming states last week, despite cooler temperatures...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Illinois more time to recalculate the tornado damage to southern parts of the...

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung...
Jeff Rann had ample warning that terrible weather was approaching before dawn. A frantic call to his wife from his...
The Illinois Supreme Court has cleared the way for plaintiffs’ attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker...

Overseers of levees in southwestern Illinois welcomed the advance of a federal measure that could give thousands of property owners...
A few momentary blasts, flashes of orange light, and the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a...