PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Ten states, including Illinois, signed a cooperative endeavor agreement which some believe will lead to further economic growth. The agreement unifies both the inland ports of ...

The vast Ohio River Basin is poised for a multi-year ecological restoration after years of industrial pollution, but only if Congress decides to fund it.

CREVE COEUR, Ill. (WMBD) — Roughly 30 volunteers spent part of the morning navigating unkept tall weeds, sand and washed-up fish carcasses to pick up litter from the Illinois riverbank. The Living ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A program designed to improve the health of the Illinois River basin will get a funding increase under a state construction program to be proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The ...

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological disaster from reaching Lake Michigan. It is ...

Scientist Jim Lamer holds an invasive silver carp on the Illinois River. (Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco/WNIJ-Northern Public Radio) Buy Photo Midwestern states are ...

WOOD RIVER — The Wood River City Council approved a resolution for an intergovernmental agreement between the city and Madison County for environmental review related to the construction of the ...