There are new places to stay in Starved Rock this year – luxury treehouses. Starved Rock Treehouses opened this year, located ...

Starved Rock killer is dead, a week after losing bid to overturn 1961 conviction Chester Weger, 86, died Sunday in Missouri. He was freed from prison for good conduct in 2020 after spending more ...

Chester Weger, most infamously known as the "Starved Rock Killer," has died at age 86. His longtime attorney Andy Hale confirmed his death, saying he died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by family.

A person died Saturday afternoon from a fall at a canyon at Starved Rock State Park in northwest Illinois, according to reports.

Starved Rock Wood Products’ operations include a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing complex in Mendota, Illinois, and a 9,000-square-foot showroom in Glenview, Illinois. MENDOTA, Ill.

Chester O. Weger, accused slayer of three Riverside, Ill., matrons, is shown during his trial at Ottawa, Ill. Jan. 30, 1961. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock) John Williams ‘Starved Rock Killer’ Chester ...