Seaman Apprentice Joshua Jones was a student at Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. (PO1 Demetriu/Navy) A sailor at the Navy’s Surface ...

On Jan. 29, Staunton High School graduate, Kevin Kays earned the title of United States Navy Sailor after completing nine weeks of boot camp at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes. The Navy boot camp ...

More than half of the Great Lakes now are covered in ice, and the Arctic front arriving Tuesday, Feb. 3, will likely boost ice growth this week. On Sunday, Feb. 1, researchers reported total ice cover ...

The record-setting Arctic cold over the past week has caused ice to rapidly form on all of the Great Lakes. Each Great Lake now has more ice cover than the long-term average amount of ice. Lake Erie’s ...

A new binational report on the Great Lakes shows mixed results on the system's overall health. Drinking water quality and beaches receive good ratings, while invasive species and algae blooms remain ...

With the Soo Locks closed until March, Great Lakes freighters are quickly heading to port for winter maintenance at harbors from Minnesota to New York. Just a few of the bulk carriers are still moving ...

CLEVELAND — Do you have weather whiplash yet? The Great Lakes sure do! There have been several large temperature swings this season. As a result, ice coverage on the lakes has been all over the place ...

Michigan's Great Lakes are starting to see ice coverage as the region closes out December with a winter storm, and a cold snap is expected to move into the state by New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, that may ...

TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station were treated to a holiday celebration in Tinley Park Thursday. The recruits are just two weeks away from graduation and those that WGN spoke ...

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 ...

Recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station were treated to a holiday celebration in Tinley Park Thursday. ‘I’m furious’: Redrawn map sparks competitive race Americans will get 'gigantic' tax refund next ...