BRACKETTVILLE – The crack started at the floor. It scarred the rock face, up and up, across the ceiling and down the far wall. “That's a fault,” our guide informed us, as he detailed the millions of ...

DANVILLE — Three environmental groups have raised concerns about the proposed expansion of a mountain bike trail at Kickapoo State Park. Prairie Rivers Network, the Illinois Sierra Club and the ...

LEROY — Sunlight streamed through tall trees and onto the ground, birds chirped and fluttered about, and wind gently rustled through the bushes and undergrowth Thursday morning in West Park. The park, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 26—A large boulder on the north side of the road at the west entrance to Kickapoo State Park marks the trail leading to the ...

About: Where in Illinois can you go running or hiking, canoeing, fishing for trout, camping, hunting or scuba diving -- all against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty? Kickapoo State Recreation ...

On a steamy weekday morning, along the eastern edge of Illinois, beams of light pierced through the leafy cover above Kickapoo State Park. A pulsating chorus swelled and steadied: cicada mating calls.

Dynegy had operated a coal-powered electric plant on 1,100 acres between Kickapoo State Park and Kennekuk County Park along the river. “We acquired that land to give to DNR,” Bullard said. DNR, ...