There have been delays rebuilding a tornado-damaged high school gym in southern Illinois. A tornado ripped off part of a wall of Gillespie High School gym last May. Superintendent Joe Tieman says there have been setbacks in the effort to …
More than 2,000 people in counties declared federal disaster areas after tornadoes struck Illinois in November have applied for federal assistance, state officials announced Tuesday. Gov. Pat Quinn visited the central Illinois community of Washington, which was the hardest hit …
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service say preliminary surveys show at least 11 tornadoes touched down in Illinois during Sunday’s storms. Crews surveying damage reported five tornadoes in central Illinois, three in northern Illinois, two in southwestern Illinois and a …
National Weather Service crews are heading out to survey storm damage across Illinois. Meteorologists say a tornado that touched down in southern Illinois near New Minden had a preliminary strength rating of an EF-4. That means it had winds between …