The exposure comes the same week that several workers at the Byron Clean Energy Center were transported to local hospitals as a precaution after a small amount of a non-radiological chemical escaped a holding tank in the turbine building.

The DeKalb County Health Department has confirmed the first case of measles in DeKalb County in 2026. The case was confirmed through laboratory testing.

Rock River Current managing editor Kevin Haas discusses a Rockford data center proposal and crime stats provided by the Winnebago County States Attorney's office.

13-WREX meteorologist John Jurgens breaks down 24 hours of extreme weather across Illinois.

Mike Thomas has been sworn in as the Interim Fire Chief for Sycamore. He previously served as Fire Chief in DeKalb.

The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office and Constellation Energy have each issued statements related to chemical exposure involving employees working during the outage at the Constellation Generating Station located at 4405 N. German Church Road in Byron, Illinois.

The National Weather Service reports that several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.

Next week, it’s primary election time. One position on the ballot you might not know much about: your Regional Superintendent of Schools. WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin spoke with Mark Klaisner, president of Illinois’ regional superintendent organization, to break it down: