Starved Rock State Park

The trails at Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks are closed because of the damage from Monday’s storm. The derecho that swept across northern…

State officials are looking for help to address crowding at Starved Rock State Park.More than two million people visit the popular park each year. The…

Starved Rock State Park will face crowds and intermittent closures this Memorial Day weekend. The park already receives many visitors at this time of…

A bill to impose a parking fee at Illinois’ most visited state park fell one vote short of passage in the Illinois Senate April 11. But the lawmaker…

Two of Illinois’ most popular parks are getting bigger --- a lot bigger. The state is buying more than 2, 600 acres next to Starved Rock and Matthiessen…

Starved Rock State Park is struggling to keep up with the more than 10 million visitors that have come to the Illinois park in the last four years.The…

Conservation police are expected to issue a record amount of tickets at Starved Rock State Park. The LaSalle News-Tribune reports the previous record was…

Starved Rock State Park sees more than two-million visitors a year. It’s especially busy on holiday weekends.Flood water reached its parking lots and is…

Update: The Illinois Prisoner Review Board again denied parole for Chester Weger at its hearing this morning. The vote was 9 to 4.The man serving life in…

Illinois governor Pat Quinn announced a 51-acre expansion to Starved Rock State Park. The land will provide additional wildlife space and serve as a…