Wilmington

It’s a towering roadside attraction that’s been standing along Route 66 in Wilmington for decades. Now, its future is in jeopardy.

A grassroots effort is underway in far south suburban Wilmington to save the “Gemini Giant,” a roadside attraction that has called the town home for years, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Nine Los Angeles firefighters were injured when a compressed natural gas tank on a truck exploded Thursday morning on a street in Wilmington.

The cleanup continues in Wilmington after mass flooding damaged homes, prompted evacuations, and street closures, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

The cleanup continues in Wilmington after mass flooding damaged homes, prompted evacuations, and street closures.

A flash flood warning remains in effect for parts of Will County as Wilmington residents near the Kankakee River continue to deal with flooding conditions, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Evacuations are underway and a flash flood warning was in effect along the Kankakee River in Grundy and Will counties as residents in downtown Wilmington brace themselves for what could become a dangerous situation as water levels continue to rise.

Residents near the Kankakee River are under a flood warning as water levels continue to rise as snow and ice melts, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Emergency officials in Will County are warning residents along the Kankakee River of flooding as a broken ice jam has caused water levels to rapidly rise.

Residents who live along the Kankakee River in parts of Will and Grundy counties are hoping for the best and fearing for the worst as massive ice jams sent frigid water pouring into neighborhoods this week, NBC Chicago’s Evrod Cassimy reports.

Residents who live along the Kankakee River in parts of Will and Grundy counties are hoping for the best and fearing for the worst as massive ice jams sent frigid water pouring into neighborhoods this week, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

The convicted sex offender who confessed to the 2004 slaying of 3-year-old Riley Fox after the girl’s father was wrongly accused in the horrific far southwest suburban case died in prison Thursday, officials said.

Two people were killed and four others injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 55 in Will County late Tuesday.