Starved Rock State Park offers one of the best winter hikes in Illinois, especially if you visit the Eagle Cliff Overlook ...

Birdwatcher Tarik Shahzad spotted 294 bird species in Cook County in 2024, surpassing the previous milestone by one.

In a case indicative of the justice system’s slowly changing attitude toward domestic violence, a judge Monday shaved more ...

The Vermilion County Conservation District will host a four-part "Nature at Night" Educational Series at Kennekuk County Park in 2025. The first of the four programs will be "Illinois Owls." It will ...

ALTON/GODFREY - Great Rivers Land Trust has secured a Natural Area Stewardship Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural ...

The Great Rivers Land Trust has received an Illinois Department of Natural Resources Natural Area Stewardship Grant (NAS). The grant, which is administered through the Illinois Department of Natural ...

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Marseilles Redmond, 44, had sought early release under an Illinois law that allows domestic ... that domestic violence is so unique in nature. We can’t get a handle on it.” ...