Why is the air quality bad right now? Smoke from wildfires spreads to the Midwest, Northeast and southern California in the U ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert was issued for the greater Chicago area on Tuesday. The alert was issued by the EPA at about 11:56 a.m. It will be in effect until midnight. Lake, Porter, Newton ...

The public is advised to take precautions, especially those sensitive to polluted conditions, by limiting their time outside and keeping windows and doors closed.

As Canadian wildfire smoke lingers in the skies, the Chicago area will soon be under an air quality alert, but the smoke ...

A 15-year-old girl was injured by gunfire while sitting in a parked vehicle on East Gift Avenue on Monday evening, and was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

While an air quality alert continues for parts of the Midwest due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, northeastern Illinois was ...

Air quality alerts were in effect in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as eastern Nebraska and parts of ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to affect air quality across the Midwest, though Monday’s conditions were an ...

Smoke from more than 700 active wildfires in Canada is once again clouding skies and pushing air quality into dangerous ...