Smokey Bear paintings and activities are planned at Plum Creek Nature Center in Beecher and Isle a la Cache Museum in ...

Frances Teti-Teal, director of the family birthing center at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, has been named Advocate ...

Two Lake County Forest Preserves police officers helped locate a man who went missing for 13 hours in frigid temperatures in ...

Despite wandering all night, the Illinois man was alive, though suffering from frostbite and an irregular heartbeat.

Cross-country skiers can enjoy nearly 200 miles of trails at forest preserves throughout Lake County. At the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods, a 4-inch snow base is required before opening ...

MADIKERI: Apart from external forces, the well-being of a forest also depends on those who reside in them the tribes. They ...

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s animal ambassador program has received a stamp of approval from the American Humane Society. On Tuesday, forest preserve officials announced that after a ...

Another former prison — Moriah Shock — continues to sit vacant in Essex County. Two years ago, both Stec and Jones called on the governor to come up with a "Re-use" plan, either for housing or job ...