With peaceful trails and fewer crowds than nearby Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen is a must-visit for nature lovers in the Midwest. I especially love visiting in the fall to enjoy the ...

DEER PARK TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WGN) — A teen boy is recovering in the hospital on Friday after he was injured in a fall at Starved Rock State Park. Officials from the Utica Fire Department say the 14 ...

A 14-year-old boy is recovering after falling 20 to 30 feet into a canyon at Starved Rock State Park on Thursday. Fire officials said the teen from the far western suburbs of Chicago fell in ...

A teenager was rescued after falling in a canyon at Starved Rock State Park this week, authorities said, marking the second such incident so far this month. According to the Utica Fire Department ...

The teen fell about 20 to 30 feet to the bottom of LaSalle Canyon at Illinois' Starved Rock State Park, authorities said Getty A 14-year-old boy was airlifted after falling in a canyon in an ...

A 14-year-old boy was airlifted after falling in a canyon in an Illinois state park, marking the second rescue there in weeks, authorities said. Around 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, the teen from the ...

Tens of thousands of Virginia bluebells bloom Tuesday on the trailhead to Illinois Canyon at Starved Rock State Park. Bluebells bloom at Illinois Canyon in Starved Rock State Park Tens of thousands of ...

The SRC Half-Marathon will begin 15 minutes later, the start line located inside Starved Rock State Park. There is also the Run SRC 5K beginning at 7 a.m. in downtown Ottawa. This will be the 10th ...

Weger was convicted in 1961 of the murder of one of three women found slain at Starved Rock State Park. (Steve Lasker/Chicago Tribune) Malcolm Reeser, an Andy Frain usher who is Chicago’s ...