On a not-so-white Christmas Day, 50 recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes walked into a roaring welcome at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights, a tradition embraced by the community for ...

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Tynehsa McCarty-Wroten, who gained infamy online for allegedly livestreaming herself while driving when she struck and killed a man last month, has been taken into custody and faces two felony charges ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...

The Great Lakes are taking one last shot in 2025 to remind everyone their waves can be more fierce than what the vast oceans typically conjure up. Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the ...

It was an extra special Christmas Day for 50 recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes, who were surprised with a trip off base in the middle of bootcamp for some holiday cheer. Volunteers welcomed them ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to reauthorize a critical Great Lakes fisheries research program, sending the bipartisan bill to President Donald Trump for his ...

For the past two seasons, Eli Heidenreich has been steadily pursuing a series of Navy football receiving records. He surpassed three of the most significant marks this season: becoming the program’s ...

Some of the best surfing is possible during those icy, windy months before the lakes freeze over. Those willing to face the frost actually help boost beachside communities. When the temps drop and the ...

A powerful storm tearing across the US could transform into a “bomb cyclone” over the Great Lakes and the Northeast right in time for New Year’s travel, forecasters warned. The weather system swept ...