About 177 years ago, Charles Weber stepped off a boat at what is now Weber Point and saw tule marshes, swamps and a malaria-ridden area. But, the man who would come to be known as the "Father of ...

Shabbona Lake State Park will remain open to the public even after the passage of a bill transferring its ownership to the ...

Medieval Seal Tool Declared as Treasure by Cornwall’s Coroner Has a Romantic Past, Researchers Claim Cornwall's coroner has ...

Putnam County Sheriff Brian Siefker on Tuesday afternoon announced a Level 1 travel emergency has been rescinded and said the county "is no longer under a snow emergency level." Siefker had issued a ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Five people have been charged in connection with an AMBER Alert linked to a missing four-year-old Illinois girl who was abducted near her home. New details released by authorities ...

A Chilean flamingo and harbor seal ... Zoo in Illinois, officials say. Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...

In February 2022, 24-year-old Kyle Mullen died after successfully endured the 120-hour week of brutal training that’s designed to push Navy SEAL candidates to their physical and mental limits. His ...

LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — A suspect has been arrested ... Romero was originally living in Louisiana and was driving in an old truck, that was stolen, to South Florida to see family members.

An RSPCA wildlife centre in Somerset has successfully rehabilitated and released its first rescued seal pups of the season. The pups, cared for at the West Hatch Wildlife Centre in Taunton ...

A Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo have died from avian influenza, or bird flu, zoo officials confirmed on Wednesday. Posted January 15, 2025 9:25pm CST Share ...