John Lodge, the bassist and co-lead singer of the Moody Blues whose work heavily influenced the development of progressive rock, died “suddenly and unexpectedly” at the age of 82. Lodge’s family, who ...

Starved Rock State Park delivers some of the best hiking in Illinois, with sandstone canyons, seasonal waterfalls, and sweeping overlooks of the Illinois River. Trails connect like a web, so you can ...

Tucked away in a jewel box theater, the performers of Minneapolis’ Open Eye Theatre are preparing for their upcoming show, “LIZZIE: The Rock Musical.” It’s a modern retelling of the infamous American ...

Fall is officially here, and that means haunted tours are around the corner. Starved Rock Country’s past is packed with bone-chilling tales of terror and ...

Want more local nature coverage? Sign up for WTTW News’ weekly Urban Nature newsletter. No two fall color seasons are alike, but if there’s one thing we can safely predict, it’s that people will go ...

Southern-rock icon Dickey Betts by next summer could join a president, a governor, war heroes, a city leader and even a military school already honored with a segment of state-maintained highways or ...

Last Dec. 17, 85-year-old Steve Longenecker, legendary bird-man, snake-man, and Western North Carolina rock climbing pioneer, invited my husband, Graham Ramsey, and me, to join him and his ebullient ...

And then look up. Your getaway is in the treetops. The Treehouses at Starved Rock is a 26-acre retreat carved into Starved Rock’s border. There are two treehouses available for short stays and two ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- A boss during the day and full-on glam diva and house mother at night, that was the life of Norman Jones, better known as Norma Kristie. FOX 16 News had a chance to sit down with ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria community leaders held a town hall Monday night to discuss how the city could benefit from the Chicago transit bill in Springfield. The Windy City’s public transportation ...

You will soon be able to sample what life would have been like in pioneer days, as the Muscatatuck Wildlife Society hosts Log Cabin Day on Saturday October 11th at the Muscatatuck National Wildlife ...

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