Between 300 and 400 people gathered Friday night at Kickapoo Landing in Kickapoo State Park to discuss saving the park from its Nov. 1 closure. Tod Satterthwaite, operator of Kickapoo Landing, said ...

Located a short distance off Interstate 74 (take exit 206), a few miles from Danville, Kickapoo is among the few state parks in Illinois that offers places to scuba dive and mountain bike. The roads ...

A woman driving near Kickapoo State Park recently found what she initially thought was a house cat injured and brought it ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Select Illinois state parks, fish and wildlife areas and other recreational areas will reopen to the public for limited use on May 1. In March, the Illinois Department of Natural ...

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 – On Tuesday, access to the then-rising Middle Fork River that flows through Kickapoo State Park was restricted for safety reasons by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. By ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After weeks of staying at home, many ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's revised stay-at-home order includes the reopening of some state parks. WHEN: Parks will be open from sun up to sundown. WHAT'S ALLOWED: Wildlife observation, hiking, biking, ...

As we help slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has modified Illinois’ stay-at-home order to allow residents to fit in some outdoor recreation. Some Illinois state parks will reopen for ...