GLYN ELLEN, Ill. – At the College of DuPage, inside the meteorology lab, Professor Paul Sirvatka discussed the formation of tornados with a group of more than a dozen students. “It’s got to be ...

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PLAINFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- A 40-year-old man shot and killed his wife before taking his own life early Monday morning in the south suburbs, Joliet police said. Police responded just before 5:50 a.m. to ...

At 3:21 p.m. on Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in effect until 4 p.m. for Jackson, Madison and Marshall counties. "At 3:20 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of ...

LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) - The sound of hammers, saws, and drills fill some neighborhoods in southern Kentucky. People are rebuilding four months after a deadly tornado. Decades old, destroyed in seconds, ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A gas leak in Plainfield Township that prompted evacuations and road closures Tuesday morning was later secured and those who evacuated were allowed to return to ...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Thursday marks the 35 years since the 1990 tornado devastated the village of Plainfield. Twenty-nine people died and more than 300 were hurt when the twister ripped through ...

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. - A proposal to expand the Grand Central Landfill is stirring debate in Plainfield Township, where residents and company representatives gathered for a public meeting Wednesday ...

A substitute teacher in Plainfield is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. Tory James, 23, works at Queen City Academy Charter School ...