What truly sets Beall Woods apart from other natural areas is its status as a National Natural Landmark and an Illinois Nature Preserve. These designations reflect the site’s ecological significance ...

Pileated woodpeckers – those crow-sized birds with flaming red crests that inspired the Woody Woodpecker cartoon – hammer away at dead trees, leaving distinctive rectangular holes as evidence of their ...

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that damage to two electrical transformers on the South Shore Line's West Lake Corridor has not been determined to be related to a storm that ...

CROWN POINT — A Lake Station man was sentenced to the maximum prison term allowed by his plea agreement after he fatally shot a 36-year-old man 11 times in 2023 inside the man's home, then left him ...