Sited just outside of Chicago is the village of Park Forest, known for its longstanding juried art fair and its 2,000 acres of parks and green spaces.

LaSalle Canyon in Starved Rock State Park near Oglesby, Illinois, is the kind of place that makes you question whether you’re still in the Prairie State or if you’ve somehow teleported to some ...

That’s Shawnee National Forest for you—a sprawling 289,000-acre paradise tucked away in southern Illinois near Herod that somehow remains one of America’s most underrated natural wonders.

The Siskiyou Smokejumper Base near Cave Junction has free tours led by former wildfire fighters who share firsthand accounts of parachuting into remote wildfires.

Pope County, Illinois — Dressed in his trademark blue denim overalls, former coal miner Sam Stearns recently took me to a ...

Residents at Autumn Ridge apartments in Park Forest, Illinois entered their day without air conditioning amid an Extreme Heat Warning in Cook County.

The types of things featured on totems are elaborate and varied. Sometimes they’re random; other times they’re calculated and thoughtful, but all of them show the spirit and creativity of ...

Park Forest, Illinois, apartment complex residents have no AC with heat wave looming An Extreme Heat Watch has been issued for the Chicago area starting Saturday morning — and with the heat ...

Tim and Susan Imler are looking forward to showing off the work they’ve done on their 1915 home on Forest Park Boulevard.

Police are investigating a shooting in Forest Park that prompted panic among large crowds gathered on Tuesday evening.

SIDMAN, Pa. – In playoff baseball, you can typically count on running into a good pitcher in most outings. Forest Hills ran into a buzzsaw in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A tournament ...

Some Forest Park City Council members say a message that was hidden in a memorandum to them from the mayor of Forest Park is an R-rated insult.