Council Overhang is seen on an autumn morning at Starved Rock State Park, which was recently ranked among the best “great value” state park stays for 2025. Three Illinois state parks were recently ...

Dave Glacinski of Lexington has been recognized as one of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' 2025 outstanding volunteers of the year, according to a community announcement. Glacinski has ...

LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A young child and his mother fell at Starved Rock State Park on Tuesday evening, Utica fire officials said. The Utica Fire Department and emergency medical services ...

A 7-year-old boy and his mother fell 25 to 30 feet into a canyon at Starved Rock State Park southwest of Chicago late Tuesday. The Utica, Illinois Fire Department said at 5:57 p.m., its first ...

UTICA, ILLINOIS — More than five years after he was released from prison, a LaSalle County judge denied Starved Rock killer Chester Weger's petition to vacate his conviction based on actual innocence ...

DEER PARK TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- A 14-year-old boy fell into a canyon at Starved Rock Thursday evening, fire officials said. The boy, from the Hinckley or Big Rock area, fell about 20 to 30 feet into ...

Chester Weger, convicted in the 1960 Starved Rock killings, died Sunday at age 86, his attorney confirmed. Weger served nearly 60 years in prison before being paroled in 2020; he maintained his ...