The City of Peoria is warning residents to avoid full-body contact with the Illinois River after recent heavy rainfall caused ...

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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Illinois River rose more than 20 feet Monday, causing flooding from Arkansas down to Tahlequah. Rain in Arkansas over the weekend caused the river to rise as high as 24 feet in ...

UPDATE: Cherokee County Emergency Management said the Illinois River crested Sunday night at the Tahlequah gauge. Illinois River at Tahlequah gauge crested a little over 29 feet just after 10 pm.

A man's body was recovered from the Illinois River by authorities on Thursday afternoon. Justin Alberty with the Grand River Dam Authority told News On 6 at the scene that a body was reported in the ...

Environmental advocates in Oklahoma want any proposed solutions to pollution from Arkansas to be more open to the public, speaking in the aftermath of a federal court ruling poultry litter puts too ...

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The decades-long dispute over pollution of the Illinois River is back in federal court this month with two cases set for hearings before June 21. The river's headwaters lie in Northwest Arkansas.