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 ...

On Dec. 18, 1957, 67 years ago today, an outbreak of strong tornadoes tore through southern Illinois and eastern Missouri. The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis ...