Posted: 4:55 PM Local hospitals have been lucky so far during this heat wave.

Posted: 12:29 PM The Rockford Park District has implemented the following changes due to the anticipated heat.

Updated: 11:14 PM Rockford reached 102 degrees on Wednesday, breaking the city's previous record of 101 in 1911.

Posted: 9:50 PM If the sweat on your brow wasn't proof enough, the Illinois Water Survey confirms that, indeed, June was extremely hot.

Posted: 7:15 PM The Village of Rock City has officially enforced a water ban.

Posted: 6:57 PM Stateline farmers hoped last weekend's showers would save their crops, but it turns out it didn't their crops as much as they thought. Now with a hot and dry forecast in the future, farmers worry their crops will slowly die off.

Posted: 3:25 PM It's been nearly 2 weeks since we saw our last thunderstorm, and today, probably the most excited group of people were farmers!

Updated: 4:28 PM The Rockford Park District instituted the several program changes due to the current near-record heat.

Updated: 10:29 PM Mammoth heat wave continues to take down records by the hundreds, with more likely to come in the days ahead.

Posted: 10:26 PM Some minor progress being made in wildfire efforts, though extreme danger continues in and around Colorado Springs.

Posted: 6:05 AM Temperatures in Illinois are forecast to top 100 degrees by Thursday, and authorities are urging the public to be cautious.

Posted: 5:59 AM Hot, dry weather has prompted the City of Beloit to ban consumer fireworks use. And other Wisconsin cities are dealing with the increased fire danger.

Updated: 7:13 AM More than 32,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as a fast-moving wildfire spreads into the Colorado Springs city limits.

Posted: 11:13 PM Extreme heat has already led officials at the country's most famous racetrack to cancel racing Thursday!

Posted: 11:10 PM Debby continues to weaken, but her final chapter is far from having been written.

Posted: 11:43 PM Drought conditions are worsening across the entire State of Illinois, with little relief in sight.

Updated: 11:04 PM This Summer's dry spell could have a major effect on crop production in the Stateline.

Posted: 10:38 PM Hundreds of people have been forced from their home as smoke from a massive wildfire in northern Colorado blows into southeast Wyoming.

Posted: 11:13 PM 2012's off to a remarkably warm and dry start, one that is beginning to draw comparisons to one of the worst summers in our lifetimes.

Updated: 11:55 AM Authorities say they're making some progress on a northern Colorado wildfire blamed for one death.

Posted: 11:43 PM The Stateline strikes out again when it comes to drought-relieving rains.

Updated: 11:33 PM The Rockford City Market is back for another season.

Posted: 11:02 PM Despite a cooler than normal start to June, our precipitation shortfall continues to grow at an alarming rate.

Posted: 10:53 PM Severe weather Monday afternoon and early evening in Missouri has proven to be deadly.

Posted: 10:59 PM For a period of a few hours Tuesday afternoon and evening, we'll have an opportunity to witness something that won't happen again for 105 years... The Venus Transit of the Sun!