ZION, Ill. (CBS) -- CBS News Chicago has been covering concerns about the dilapidated shoreline at the Illinois Beach State Park for years—but now, the once-once forgotten beach has become a model for ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board have announced plans for two projects to protect roughly 2.2 ...

Local and state officials celebrated the completion of the $73 million Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization Project, which promises to preserve 2.2 miles of shoreline from severe erosion, ...

FamilyDestinationGuide.com recently updated their list of 100 Best Secret Beaches in the USA and one Illinois secret beach cracked the list. There were 3,000 American families surveyed over what ...

Illinois Beach State Park is a bit like someone took Big Marsh Park, Montrose Beach, and Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and mashed them together like an early-2000s RJD2 banger. Located just south ...

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A teenage swimmer was rushed to an area hospital after being pulled from Lake Michigan on Friday evening at Illinois Beach State Park, authorities said. At around 5:45 p.m., the Beach Park Fire ...