Among its recommendations was that building codes be amended to require tornado shelters in warehouses. The International Building Code became Illinois’ statewide building code on Jan. 1 after being ...

The final recommendations from an Illinois warehouse safety task force, created after a deadly 2021 tornado in Edwardsville, provide a good starting point for future legislation, said a state ...

The image is miscaptioned. It's from 2021 and shows a fire at a chemical plant in Illinois that had no reported fatalities. There is no evidence of a bus crash in December 2024 that killed 135 or ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – On Dec. 10, 2021, six people died when an Amazon facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, collapsed after being struck by a tornado. “Trying not to go through the whole events ...

SPRINGFIELD — A task force created in the wake of a deadly Metro East tornado has issued recommendations for better protecting warehouse workers. Six people were killed when an EF3 tornado with ...