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 ...

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, ...