Area fire departments, including Zion, Winthrop Harbor and Beach Park, say they’ve seen an increase in water-related calls ...

An easy getaway from both Chicago and Milwaukee, this scenic park offers miles of shoreline, epic birdwatching, and the only ...

According to Beach Park Fire Department Chief Tom Stahl, 2024 saw more than 2 million annual visitors, up from 1.2 million in 2015, making it the second-most-visited state park in Illinois.

The body was recovered on Friday in the general area of the north beach. Coroners identified the victim as 14-year-old Kyle Williams of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An autopsy conducted on Friday at the Lake ...

A woman was critically injured and her teen daughter was also hospitalized after a water rescue Thursday at Illinois State beach Park. Experts say the stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline has grown ...

The search for a a 14-year-old boy who went missing in Lake Michigan near Illinois Beach State Park has ended, ...