RRM Requests Heat-Related Support
Updated: 3:28 PM Rockford Rescue Mission Serves as Cooling Center for the City, Requests Community Support with Heat-Related Items
Updated: 3:28 PM Rockford Rescue Mission Serves as Cooling Center for the City, Requests Community Support with Heat-Related Items
Updated: 5:48 PM Authorities in Cook County in the Chicago area and Madison County in southwestern Illinois are reporting several more heat-related deaths.
Updated: 11:24 PM While most of us may be surviving the heat the same can't be said for local livestock. Especially for one farmer in Ogle County.
Updated: 5:21 PM The dangerous temperatures continue today, making outdoor work and activities almost unbearable. Some local residents found ways to beat the heat.
Updated: 11:23 PM Summer days filled with baseball games and outdoor fun are gone for the time being as groups cancel activities due to the heat. Empty playgrounds aren't the only indicators of high temperatures.
Updated: 11:08 AM Believe it or not, you can fry an egg on a blacktop in this heat--as long as you've got two hours to spend.
Updated: 10:56 AM With temperatures reaching up to a hundred degrees two days in a row, staying out in the heat can be a dangerous proposition. But for some it can't be avoided.
Posted: 1:16 PM Much of the Midwest is still doing what it can to adapt to the oppressive summer heat that has settled in.
Posted: 11:06 PM Some crops are starting to show the stress of high heat and little rain and pastures in some areas have started to turn brown.
Posted: 6:24 PM The high temps have put emergency officials on high alert. Nearly one dozen local agencies are joining together to help combat the heat.
Updated: 9:54 PM The intense heat means more home owners are cranking up the air conditioning. ComEd says crews are working over-time to keep up with the high demand.
Updated: 10:39 PM An average of 300 people die each year in the U.S. as a result of extreme heat. With a solid week of dangerous temps ahead we go over what you need to stay safe.
Updated: 6:31 PM UPDATE: As of noon Wednesday around 7,500 people are still without power in the Stateline.
Updated: 11:16 PM As of 10:00 p.m. Monday, July 11. 29,000 ComEd customers in the Stateline remain in the dark.
Updated: 3:05 PM Although reports of power outages and fallen tree limbs were received from locations throughout the City, the area most heavily impacted is that portion of the City between State St. and Riverside Blvd. Public Works crews and contractors are currently working to clear roadways of tree debris to enable traffic to safely move throughout the City.
Posted: 11:32 AM The sweltering summer temperatures that have gripped the Midwest are being blamed in the suspected heat-stroke death of a 51-year-old man, Mitsuanari Uechi from Granite City in southwestern Illinois.
Updated: 5:37 AM The National Weather service says a pair of tornados hit two Chicago suburbs of Downer's Grove and Mount Prospect on Tuesday evening.
Posted: 8:08 PM NOAA and partners launch new community-based lightning awareness and safety program.
Posted: 5:09 PM IEMA, NWS Observe Lightning Safety Awareness Week, Remind People, “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors”
Updated: 10:55 PM As of 10:00 p.m. Thursday: 2,300 people in Boone and Winnebago counties out of power
Updated: 12:30 PM Check out our online list of cooling centers in the Stateline.
Updated: 10:21 AM Because of the high heat index, the Rockford Park District has activated the spray pads at certain area parks as a way of helping area residents beat this heat.
Updated: 10:53 PM Kids and families around the Stateline hit local ice cream spots and water springs to take the hot edge off.
Updated: 4:16 PM Offers tips for safe vacations
