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, marking the second such incident so far this month.

Chester Otto Weger was convicted of the murder of a Chicago woman at Starved Rock State Park in 1961. Weger maintained his initial confession for the murder came after threats.

CHICAGO — Despite his persistent claims of innocence, Chester Weger lived six decades in prison after confessing to the haunting 1960 Starved Rock State Park murders of three suburban Chicago ...

Starved Rock State Park features sandstone canyons and waterfalls. Rock Cut State Park, the largest state park in northern Illinois, is popular for mountain biking, fishing, and camping.

Starved Rock killer is dead, a week after losing bid to overturn 1961 conviction Chester Weger, 86, died Sunday in Missouri.

Chester Weger has died. He was known as the "Starved Rock Killer" for his murder conviction in the deaths of three women, his attorney said.

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.

On Wednesday, Chester Weger lost his bid to have his conviction overturned in the bludgeoning death of one of three women killed in 1960 in Starved Rock State Park.

It was the second time this month a child has fallen into a canyon in the park. On April 1, a mother and her 7-year-old son were rescued after falling 25 to 30 feet into French Canyon.

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 ...