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 ...

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, Ill. (WCIA) — The search for a missing 23-year-old swimmer in Vermilion County has ended with the recovery of his body. Jane McFadden, the Vermilion County Coroner, said the swimmer was ...

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 ...

DANVILLE — A woman driving near Kickapoo State Park recently found what she initially thought was a house cat injured and brought it into a local shelter. Emilee Gallas, Animal Control Dispatch for ...

Let's turn back the hands of time. Imagine yourself standing beside the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River about 70 years ago. It's a busy place. Large excavators are ripping the earth and miners are ...

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 ...

Nov. 6—OAKWOOD — The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Department of Natural Resources hosted a ribbon-cutting event Friday morning to celebrate Vermilion County's Kickapoo Rail Trail ...

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, ...