The Tri-State Tornado barreled across more than 200 miles, decimating entire towns in and leaving thousands homeless on 1925.

(KWTX) -On March 18th, 1925 the deadliest tornado in U.S. history tore through portions of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana killing 695 people. To take a deeper dive into this historic tornado we are ...

Rick Kogan, who attended the city’s first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1956, reflects on seven decades of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Chicago.

Even 100 years later, the Tri-State tornado is widely considered America's worst tornado. It killed almost 700 in an era ...

The Victorian home of Col. Friend Rutherford, an Abraham Lincoln associate, was demolished in the 1990s.

A deadly tornado outbreak has left at least 17 people dead and numerous others injured as a powerful storm system carves a destructive path across multiple states, now heading toward the East ...

Twisters that tore through Union County, Missouri killed 6 people. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 18, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Friday the 14th saw widespread damages caused by tornadoes that swept across the state, leaving some communities left to pick ...

From Logan School's top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey easily should have been able to see her house — it was less than two blocks away. But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois ...

Tornadoes and severe storms struck Southeast Missouri, killing one in Butler County. An EF3 tornado caused significant damage ...