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, ...

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 ...

In a state full of big spaces, big treasures, and (sometimes) big crowds, it can be refreshing to find a state park that is little-known and little-visited.

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, ...