As a brewing thunderstorm whipped winds and churned waves on the Fox River, three people in a boat drifted dangerously close to the dam in St. Charles. The boat was having engine trouble about 1,000 yards north of the dam about 1:24 p.m. Sunday, an...

Three people were rescued Sunday afternoon as their boat drifted dangerously close to the Fox River Dam in St. Charles, authorities said. St. Charles Fire Department rescue crews called to the scene at 1:24 p.m. arrived to find two adults and a te...

Water rushed in through a window well, hail pelted cars and ripped apart screens, and winds howled so loudly members of the Sumeraj family thought the top half of their house might blow away. The longtime residents of south Naperville emerged from ...

With rainfall continuing to push water levels near flood stages, the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes was declared no-wake zones for boaters Sunday and perhaps beyond, the Fox Waterway Agency announced. The agency also issued a debris warning for those ...

With the forecast clear of significant rain for now, water levels along the swollen Des Plaines and Fox rivers are expected to slowly recede throughout the week. Waterways in parts of the suburbs rose near or above flood levels last week after sever...

Several days of rain likely gave some suburban residents unpleasant flashbacks to July 2017 when countless streets, buildings and even entire neighborhoods were inundated with floodwater. But while this week's storms have left much of the suburbs so...

The threat of large-scale flooding appears to be over as heavy rains finally moved out of the area Thursday - but officials still are keeping a close eye on areas along the Des Plaines, Fox and DuPage rivers as well as area creeks and streams. The N...

As Jeff Hunt prepares the chancel choir at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles for its Good Friday candlelight service with the Metropolis Chamber Orchestra, it will mark the first time a Charlemagne Award winner is organizing such...