illinois river

If you're looking to get away and I mean really get away, I found a place that's hidden from sight yet has it's own sights of the Illinois River that will take your breath away near Pearl, Illinois.

These fish really are trouble and the problems they cause are headed toward the Great Lakes. That's why the Army Corp of Engineers is quite literally trying to shock them out of the water.

You need a job done? Let me and my redneck friends do it. Don't believe me? Watch what my people did recently when they were made aware there were invasive and evil carp in an Illinois river. They got it done big time and they did it for a good cause, too.

A rural Pittsfield man is dead from injuries suffered when he crashed his vehicle into the Illinois River northeast of Milton in Pike County, Illinois just before 6 p.m. Saturday.

For the second time this spring, crest predictions on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers have entered record territory.

If you spend any time on the Mississippi River you have had to deal with Asian Carp that have invaded the Mississippi River with a vengeance. The aggressive Asian Carp have harmed the eco-system of the river and have competed fiercely with the native fish of the river for food diminishing the population of the native fish species.

Flooding continues in parts of Illinois after the state saw its rainiest June on record.

Illinois officials have closed the rain-swollen Vermilion and Illinois rivers to recreational boat traffic.

The search for a 20-year-old woman missing after an Illinois River boating accident will begin anew on Tuesday.

An autopsy shows a missing 23-year-old central Illinois woman likely drowned when her car went into the Illinois River.