CHEROKEE COUNTY, Oklahoma -- The body of the latest victim in an Illinois River drowning was recovered Sunday. Xenepher Wiley, Jr., 18, had recently graduated from high school in St. Louis, Missouri ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The water levels on the Illinois River are only slightly above normal, but these last few weeks rafting companies are seeing only a third of their normal numbers. During the week ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — With more potential showers on the way, business owners in Tahlequah voiced their concerns about potential flooding. County Emergency Manager Mike Underwood said they have a plan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A proposal for a hydropower plant on the Illinois River outlines how a new way of generating energy can benefit the environment, ...

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 ...

Late Monday the river crest at Tahlequah was creeping up over 20 feet to a mark that would likely put it among the 20 highest floods in the area dating back to 1916, Fite said. Of those top 20, eight ...

Parts of the Illinois River are at major flood levels Monday morning. The National Weather Service shows the Illinois River near Tahlequah will quickly rise to major flood stage levels by Monday ...

The Illinois River Watershed Partnership has launched a new conservation planning program for landowners in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The program is funded by a grant awarded to the ...

Dec. 16--TAHLEQUAH-- Statements from witnesses seem to refute the story of a Tahlequah man who claimed unknown suspects sent his car plunging into the Illinois River Dec. 8. Cherokee County sheriff's ...

Slowing erosion along stream banks is the priority for landowners and others who want a cleaner, healthier Illinois River, planners for the watershed agree. The Arkansas Natural Resources Division and ...